Gossip

What a big topic! This is a topic we touched base on at church this last Sunday, but a topic I have worked on for sometime now. It is so easy to get caught up in the conversation. Everyone likes a good story, right? Well, I guess that depends on if the story is about you. I would say that most people don't like being the topic of conversation. Spreading rumors only hurts and destroys our credibility. Everyone is guilty of getting caught up in the moment and talking about others.
A couple of months ago I read a book that talked a bit about this subject. The biggest thought I took from the book was, if you are gossiping  about anyone, then how can you be trusted. Think about it! How can I trust someone with something that I have shared with them if they talk about others. You can guarantee if someone will talk about others they will talk about you!
I think sometimes we get wrapped up in the conversation that we don't realize what we are doing. What may start out as a simple conversation turns quickly to something else.
So why do we get so wrapped up in others lives? Maybe, there's something in ourselves that is not being satisfied. When you have a life that is satisfying and you love what you do and who you are, you don't have time or the want to become involved in other people's lives.  It's so damaging when people open their mouth without filtering their thoughts and having restriction.
Gossiping is judging others, which really isn’t our job. God is in charge of judging people, not us.
Proverbs 18:8 – “The words of gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man’s inmost parts.”
Proverbs 11:13 – “A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret.”
1 Timothy 5:13 – “Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things they ought not to.”
Matthew 7:1 – “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.”