As some of you may have noticed I wrote about a Pastor Friend who stumbled not too long ago. Her actions have led to some serious heartache for many people who looked up to her. The fall out is still unfolding and hurting. My heart aches for her.
As expected the gossip is flying. Why? What does it help? So you know someone who knows someone who is kind of friends with someone who knows someone who heard... Even if you are intimate with the details, what does it serve to share them in whispers to ears who don't need to know the details? Wouldn't you rather be known for the good that you do? Wouldn't you rather give the gift of a compliment? Encouragement? Instruction in doing good?
Does this behaviour reflect the love that God's Word exhorts us to hold for each other? Does love behave this way?
I know that there is a temporary rush from sharing a piece of information that may not be common knowledge. That fleeting moment of importance. Unfortunately the moment passes. The impression you left is that you aren't to be trusted with confidential information. Yikes! Do you really want to be thought of like that?
Please I beg you, repent in the truest way. Turn from the gossip and spread words of comfort and healing. The tongue can kill and it can heal. What a mighty tool it is!
Proverbs 21:23
23He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from troubles.
As expected the gossip is flying. Why? What does it help? So you know someone who knows someone who is kind of friends with someone who knows someone who heard... Even if you are intimate with the details, what does it serve to share them in whispers to ears who don't need to know the details? Wouldn't you rather be known for the good that you do? Wouldn't you rather give the gift of a compliment? Encouragement? Instruction in doing good?
Does this behaviour reflect the love that God's Word exhorts us to hold for each other? Does love behave this way?
I know that there is a temporary rush from sharing a piece of information that may not be common knowledge. That fleeting moment of importance. Unfortunately the moment passes. The impression you left is that you aren't to be trusted with confidential information. Yikes! Do you really want to be thought of like that?
Please I beg you, repent in the truest way. Turn from the gossip and spread words of comfort and healing. The tongue can kill and it can heal. What a mighty tool it is!
23He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from troubles.
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