Comments on: Useful Skill or Dangerous Weapon? http://meetmeattheintersection.com/2007/07/19/useful-skill-or-dangerous-weapon/ "The Intersection" is your place of connection Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:33:11 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tracy http://meetmeattheintersection.com/2007/07/19/useful-skill-or-dangerous-weapon/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Tracy Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:46:27 +0000 http://meetmeattheintersection.com/2007/07/19/useful-skill-or-dangerous-weapon/#comment-14 Gossip, especially "in the name of truth", can be devastating. I've been the topic of many a gossip session I'm sure, and for the most part I handle it pretty well. But the one that hurt the most was "in the name of truth". Friends sometimes feel like if they talk about you because they are "worried" it's not gossip. I believe it is gossip and it is the most hurtful kind. Friends are a most wonderful blessing from God, if you are worried about a friend talk to your friend not someone else. Proverbs 16:28 A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a gossip separates close friends. Gossip, especially “in the name of truth”, can be devastating. I’ve been the topic of many a gossip session I’m sure, and for the most part I handle it pretty well. But the one that hurt the most was “in the name of truth”. Friends sometimes feel like if they talk about you because they are “worried” it’s not gossip. I believe it is gossip and it is the most hurtful kind.

Friends are a most wonderful blessing from God, if you are worried about a friend talk to your friend not someone else.

Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a gossip separates close friends.

]]> By: Connie http://meetmeattheintersection.com/2007/07/19/useful-skill-or-dangerous-weapon/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Connie Sat, 15 Sep 2007 06:12:38 +0000 http://meetmeattheintersection.com/2007/07/19/useful-skill-or-dangerous-weapon/#comment-10 I have diffiuculty with gossip when some one has hurt me or caused trouble in my life, which then leads me to address the issue of bitterness. I can tell when I gossiped, because of the bad feeling inside afterword. I keep thinking of Eph. 4:29. I have diffiuculty with gossip when some one has hurt me or caused trouble in my life, which then leads me to address the issue of bitterness. I can tell when I gossiped, because of the bad feeling inside afterword. I keep thinking of Eph. 4:29.

]]> By: Stacy http://meetmeattheintersection.com/2007/07/19/useful-skill-or-dangerous-weapon/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Stacy Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:11:29 +0000 http://meetmeattheintersection.com/2007/07/19/useful-skill-or-dangerous-weapon/#comment-11 <p>I read this post several weeks ago and it's still at the forefront of my mind. God is really challenging me in this area, so much so that each time I'm tempted to gossip, an alarm goes off in my mind. I had no idea I was so prone to gossip!</p> <p>I've talked to several friends about gossip lately as I try to figure out what exactly constitutes gossip and what is permissible. One friend said that repeating factual information is okay, but is it really? "Did you hear that Sandy's pregnant and doesn't know who the father is?" can't be edifying. </p> <p>My quest is bringing me to one conclusion: it's a matter of the heart. If I say something hoping to somehow minimize or destroy another, then it becomes gossip. However, I can share exactly the same information out of concern and the outcome is different.</p> <p>I'm still new at this.....Someone, please give me your feedback!</p> I read this post several weeks ago and it’s still at the forefront of my mind. God is really challenging me in this area, so much so that each time I’m tempted to gossip, an alarm goes off in my mind. I had no idea I was so prone to gossip!

I’ve talked to several friends about gossip lately as I try to figure out what exactly constitutes gossip and what is permissible. One friend said that repeating factual information is okay, but is it really? “Did you hear that Sandy’s pregnant and doesn’t know who the father is?” can’t be edifying.

My quest is bringing me to one conclusion: it’s a matter of the heart. If I say something hoping to somehow minimize or destroy another, then it becomes gossip. However, I can share exactly the same information out of concern and the outcome is different.

I’m still new at this…..Someone, please give me your feedback!

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