February 5, 2010
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Gossip
I got stung this past week because of gossip. Someone believed a lie. I was reminded of how hurtful it is when people talk about other people. I was again reminded when someone sent me a message against someone else. I hate that. I reestablish my commitment not to talk about other people in a destructive way.
Will you make that commitment?
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There was a lady in town who posted something on her facebook status.
It got back to the coach…this lady was removed from the team.
What we hear others say can lead to other things.
It can harm and hurt a person’s life.
We should guard our hearts when other speak “bad” about another.
We need wisdom in how to speak and not to share what isn’t encouraging to others.
We should speak good of others.
We’re not perfect. We have our weakness.
Yes, I make that commitment.
May the LORD help and guide us when things come.
@Journaling_Susan - Yes – good word. Gossip hurts.
yeah, lies, rumors, gossip-hurts and destroys
Definitely! As a matter of fact, the memory verse that I’ve been teaching my students on Wednesday night at church ( posted on my last two blogs) talks about the need to be “slow to talk”! Once one has been on the hurtful side of a gossip, it makes an impression, for sure!
Yes, I make the commitment not to gossip and (as your post said “someone believed a lie”), I also make a commitment not to be naive, unprincipled and unloving when it comes to LISTENING to things. As for “naive”, the Scripture says a fool believes every word. As for “unprincipled”, we are taught that every word must be established at the mouth of two or three witnesses, PARTICULARLY when they are words against men of God.
As for “unloving”, I Corinthians 13 teaches that love hopes and believes THE BEST about others. We often inadvertantly allow gossip to go forward by “receiving” it at ALL. It is not enough to just refrain from REPEATING gossip, we must refrain from RECEIVING it…
@clintspirations - Yes – Paul warned people about Alexander the Coopersmith. There are times me must shine the light and it is not considered gossip.
@JusticeMom - I’ve always been a person of “few words”. I use to hate that but as I get older I see the value in it. It has kept me out of a lot of trouble.