Think About It

Peer pressure has been a problem since the beginning of time. We might like to think that it is the creation of our evil generation, but it doesn’t take much research to realize that people have been influenced by their contemporaries throughout history. From the idolatry at the base of Mount Sanai to the abuse hurled at Jesus at the foot of the cross, people have been leading each other astray for millennia. However, while it has been a problem for a long time doesn’t mean that we get a pass from being accountable for it in our generation or even in our lives. Just because we are influenced by peer pressure doesn’t mean that our actions won’t have consequences. Peer pressure is powerful – especially among our adolescents – but we have to do all we can to help people overcome it and stay on the straight and narrow. It is important that we recognize it, but it equally important that we remind each other not to give into it. We have been assured that we will not be tempted beyond w