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1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
We as human beings often find ourselves interacting with one another, simply because our Creator (God), created us to have relationships with one another. Many times our interaction is through conversation, and those that we find ourselves conversing with are friends and family.
In our conversation with one another we share a variety of things such as, our views, our likes and dislikes, and even our convictions in Christ, in the midst of our sharing with friends and family we share things that maybe harmful to someone else, however we never stop to think that we may hear these things again and that the whole conversation was accredited to you. Shocked and appauled, you exclaim, "that is not what i meant, or even worse "that is not what i said" however the damage is already done. Misunderstood, or were your words twisted?
I believe that, what i say and what you hear are two different things, however what you translate to someone else is something different altogether, i also believe that the person listening to gossip is just as guilty as the person speaking, again these are my beliefs i am certainly not trying to force them on someone else. So if that is my belief how did i find myself in this situation? Never in all my years did i think i would find myself in the valley of gossip sludge and with every conversation it got worse because now i am spinning my wheels trying to clean up what i did not say. Misunderstood, or were your words twisted?
The Word of God states that "we should be quick to listen, and slow to speak" (paraphrased) this nugget of gold is not just head knowledge but heart knowledge now; it is extremely important to be quick to listen and slow to speak, especailly with friends and family because it is so easy to get caught up, the awesome thing is that when i found myself in this valley i confessed, repented and walked away with a better understanding of what gossip is and how easy it is to get caught up in. Misunderstood, or were your words twisted?
Now i find myself being very careful about who i am in conversation with, what i am speaking about and the blessing is that i now pay more attention to the Holy Spirit when He is saying be quiet with my friends and family.
We can't get angry with others when they say things and add our name to it, because had we shut the conversation down or walked away, even if they still say we said it, it is the guilt and shame that make us react, if we walk away or shut it down we would respond and not react to the situation.
So again i ask............
MISUNDERSTOOD, OR WERE YOUR WORDS TWISTED? |
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