Georgia-Florida, Catalina Island, California - it's that time of year. I sometimes wonder if the fires will ever get so big they will consume the whole country (except the desert, of course, since sand doesn't burn well).
I am reminded that gossip is like a wildfire. Talking about others in a negative light, spreading information regarding something about which the truth is little known, is really damaging.
Gossip which damages the name or reputation or career, or anything else, of another individual is as destructive to life as is fire. My mom was right; "if you can't say something good about someone, just say nothing at all."
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
copyright Bill Weaver
Having a conversation with our society about what really matters! http://www.LloveLetters.com.
Subscribe to our RSS Feed
Sunset on the Pacific
copyright Bill Weaver
Insights
- Devotional (108)
- Thought for the Day (78)
- Thought For Today (142)
2 comments:
Wow! That's really similar to James 3:5c-6!
How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell
No wonder they call you Professor Bible!
I am told that when fires get big enough, they even create their own weather system. You know - lightning, thunder, but no rain. That is kind of like gossip I suppose. When the story gets outrageous enough it is self sustaining with lots of bluster and noise. Kind of like a politician, if they say a lie long enough and loud enough even they start to believe it...
Post a Comment