I am not a big fan of gossip. Yes, I have participated in listening to gossip, and I have participated in spreading gossip, but I am not a big fan of it. Of course, there are different types. I mostly participate in the kind that is in good-natured ribbing. It's the other kind that I am not a fan of.
Some people love to dish the dirt on others to try and bring them down, to try and destroy their witness or reputation. Some people seem to strive on telling everything they can about everyone they can; they love to share the scoop.
Today's word is Proverbs 26:20, NIV, which I have used before but expresses my thought for today, which reads, "Without wood a fire goes out, without a gossip a quarrel dies down."
If you don't feed a fire fresh wood from time to time it will go out. I know - I've seen it. Same goes with gossiping and spreading rumors; if you don't add to it, if you don't spread it, it will die out. I am going to work on being more like Smokey the Bear and less like the fire stoker.
Be Blessed,
Mickey T
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