#stopthegossip

[iamsoclaude]

PEOPLE, be very careful and cautious to those people that like to bring you information and news about others. Please believe, that if they are talking about that person, you better know that they are talking about you as well!!!! #StopTheGossip

[thegalspels]

GALspel of Bailey

Don’t gossip and no one will gossip about you. Stop depending of technology and do something for yourself. Stop judging and then you will not be judged. Rumors only cause harm to both the intentional victim and the bystanders. How will we be able to tell people to not gossip, if we also gossip? None of these stories should be in vain, but rather in selflessness and in hopes to make yourselves and others better people. Hypocrites are not the messengers from God but rather those that need to be saved by God’s messengers.  Josephine taught all of us the importance of this by calling me out when I made a passing comment about another girl. I feel ashamed of my actions but I am also stepping up by thinking before I speak and asking myself if it will offend or hurt anyone before I say anything.

[receivingeveryblessingavail-blog]

Gossip Gossip!

One of our most common mistakes as humans is the consistent desire to gossip. BEFORE YOU DENY IT, close your mouth. You have gossiped at some point in your life. We all have! Now that that’s clear, moving right along...

What exactly is gossip? Gossip is defined as “casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details that are not confirmed as being true.” Let’s read that again, gossip is defined as “casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details that are not confirmed as being true.” DID IT STICK OUT THIS TIME? GOSSIP IS A FORM OF JUDGEMENT. If it is not factual information, you are taking what you heard and not seen and forming your own opinion; otherwise known as “judging a book by it’s cover.”  I took the liberty of digging a bit deeper with this one. I went to www.gotquestions.org and asked “what does the bible say about gossip”. Before I get into scriptures, here’s what the site said about gossip and gossipers. “A gossiper is a person who has privileged information about people and proceeds to reveal that information to those who have no business knowing it. Gossip is distinguished from sharing information in two ways: 1.Intent. Gossipers often have the goal of building themselves up by making others look bad and exalting themselves as some kind of repositories of knowledge. 2.The type of information shared. Gossipers speak of the faults and failings of others, or reveal potentially embarrassing or shameful details regarding the lives of others without their knowledge or approval. Even if they mean no harm, it is still gossip.”  In this alone, it shows us the relationship between being a gossiper and a judgmental person. 

Now, let’s take it to the word. In Romans 1:29-32, Paul shows us how gossiping is a SIN. Wait a min, say wuhhh? YES A SIN. Let us read, “  29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Though they know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.” This scripture is like the behavioral characteristics that people like a gossipers a looked as in the eyes of God. He again shows us in Proverbs how gossiping makes us dishonest. “A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret” (Proverbs 11:12-13) He reminds us again in the same book but, also tells us to stay away from people who are like this.  “A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid a man [or woman] who talks too much” (Proverbs 20:19). Each time we open our mouths to gossip, we are disobeying God.  Remember the saying, “sticks and stones may break my bones but, words will never hurt me?” WELL, YUP YOU GUESSED IT! That’s false.  “A fool's mouth is his undoing, and his lips are a snare to his soul. The words of a gossip are like choice morsels(being used in regards to a small amount of food); they go down to a man's inmost parts” (Proverbs 18:7-8). What comes out of our mouths affects us and those of who we choose to speak about. We must remember to guard our mouths from calamity( Proverbs 21:23). I ran across a quote that said ”judge less, love more. if you want to have inner peace, resist the temptation to gossip or, portray others in a poor light.”

I challenge us to be on campaign #stopthegossip on social media and in our lives from now til the end of the year. We can do it! God bless you guys. xoxo