User blog comment:WhisperShade/Going Away.../@comment-38195691-20190918161651

This was probably a while ago, but I'll definitely pray for you. Our friends are important, so is it okay if I give you a little storytime from my experiences?

I'm a presbyterian, but since my church is so small my brother and I go to a local baptist youth group. They talk a LOT about how you need Christian friends, and how if your friend isn't good for you it's better to stay closer to your friends in faith and drift away from your non-Christian friends. This scared me for a long time. I have, like, 2 Christian friends, and the rest are people that... well, I don't really want to say, but they aren;t living for God. I was terrified that God wanted me to leave the friends I'd loved for 6 years-- until the pastor at my own church started talking about the matter, and my parents too. They told me that, be friends withe whoever you want! It's good to have Christian friends to share your faith with and it's good to have non-Christian friends to show Jesus! My youth leader once said, "sometimes you are the only Bible people read, the only Jesus people see." I love that so much-- your non-Christian friends will associate you with Christianity, so when they see that you prayed and everything turned out okay, or when they see you relying on your church family, or even not cursing and being kind to people, they'll think ''That's what a Christian is. ''And isn't that representation appealing? You could lead them to Jesus!

So what I'm saying is, pray for your friend. Don't leave her because you feel that she isn't Christian. There's still hope, and I'll be praying!!