I'm so bored at home!!!

Been sick the whole day. Really BAD sore throat and a slight fever. Feel like cursing out lodu but never mind...Just hope i can get well soon.

Anywaes, during my devotion last night, i happen to come across a passage that really reaches out to me deeply. After reading that passage, i feel that all along, i've been unknowingly sinning and i've taken His forgiveness for granted. I feel so guilty...

The passage was about gossip.

Gossip, like other SINS, is like "tasty trifles" (Proverbs 26:22). We like to hear it and share it with others because it "tastes" good. Gossip is rooted in our need to feel good about ourselves. As we bring others down, we gain the illusion that we are moving upwards.

That's why spreading gossip is so difficult to resist. It takes prayer and God's grace to bring us to the point where we refuse to pass it on or even hear it. Even under the guise of personal concern or a request to pray for a sinning friend in trouble.

We must ask God for the wisdom to know when to speak, what to speak, and when to simply keep our mouths shut. For "in the multitude of words sin is not lacking, but he who restraints his lips is wise"(Proverbs 10:19)

It is often wise to be quiet and speak few words. But if we must speak, let's talk of those thing that encourage and move others closer to God, not those things that will discourage and hurt them. "The tongue of the wise promotes health" (Prevorbs 12:18)

The tongue can spread suspicion,
And reputations steal;
But when the Lord controls our tongue,
Its words will soothe and heal.-Sper