The other day I noticed my friend kinda down and I decided to ask him/her what had happened. And after a while my friend told me that it all started on boxing day. And right there I guess what she had done. My friend had a history of stealing things from stores and it wasnt nessasarily my friend's fault as he/she was very presurred to do it. Blame peer presure I guess? And all along I would keep tryign to tell him/her that its wrong. Every time we would go somewhere, I made it my duty to stop him/her from stealing and that over time, he/she would eventually stop. But obviously I wasnt that great of an influence as on boxing day he/she decided to steal again and was finally caught when I wasnt there. My friend had a lot going on after with his/her parents disapointed and my friend feeling really bad and all. And although she wasn't charged, he /she did have to pay a fine and be banned from the store for a year which my friend stole from. After hearing this I was kinda disapointed. I remember in sunday school learning about how we have to influence others.

For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. (1 Corinthians 7:14)

I felt like I have failed and just wasnt strong enough to stop my friend. However my friend did manage to learn his/her lesson from this, even though it was through the hard way. And not only that, I too have learned my lesson. After all this, it made me realize that I need to be a stronger influence to the people around me. Just think. If I was a stronger influence, things like this could have been prevented.