Have you ever noticed how, within five minutes of walking into a group of people, you find yourself standing or sitting closest to those you know or are most like in the room?<\/p>\n
As a pastor of middle and high school students, I am amazed how quickly student with a tendency to make poor choices find kids in the room who struggle in the same way.\u00a0 Hate to say it, but the rebels find the rebels\u2026usually much faster than the kids making good choices find the other kids making good choices.<\/p>\n
What about when you are in a large group in which several interests are represented? \u00a0My observation has been, we tend to gravitate physically (proximity) toward those who have interests similar to ours, or toward those we are interested in getting to know better.<\/p>\n
Proximity is \u201cnearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation\u201d <\/strong>(http:\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/proximity).<\/p>\n What is the rule of proximity?\u00a0 It is simply this:\u00a0 You can tell where a person\u2019s heart is, to some degree, by whom or what they physically are nearest to\u2026 and how often\u2026 especially when that proximity is not required to fulfill a responsibility (and sometimes when it is).<\/p>\n So right now you may be saying \u201cgive me an example!\u201d<\/p>\n\u00a0Negative examples<\/h2>\n
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