10 April 2007

It might be gossip if...

Due to some confusion on what gossip is I though this might help...

If your sentence starts with...

• Have you heard...
• Did you know...
• Guess what I found out...
• I really feel like we should pray for _____, because...
• Did you hear about...

You might be gossiping.

In Christian circles it seems like there is a fine line between praying and gossiping. Maybe the "Christian" form of gossip are those prayer meetings where we give out juicy bits of info and then "pray" about it. There is no doubt how God feels about gossip. Make no mistake... you want to be as far from gossip's entanglement as you can be. Gossip may be a self-indulging, high school power trip, but it fades away quickly leaving you desiring more of the "latest" news. It is a vicious, never ending cycle. It take discipline and strength to have Godly values and principles that compel us to choose to end gossip chains.

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