Gossip is good for you!

Gossip is good for you? What?! OK, here's the caveat: gossip is good for you IF you learn from it. When you have been hurt by gossip yourself, it shows you how damaging it can be to others. A recent round of gossip has done that for me. After the initial sting, it left me feeling the need to repent from the seemingly "harmless" gossip I have participated in as either a speaker or listener. It has given me a new resolve to fight against this ...let's call it what it is..sin that so easily engulfs the church.
I read an article online that has helped me gain a new perspective on this whole gossip thing and I'm adding the link.... http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/david-burchett/there-is-a-vaccination-for-the-deadly-gossip-virus-11541711.html I love this quote from the article, it's my new motto; " Gossip is a parasite that requires a host organism to survive. Don't give gossip a place to live." I give anyone who reads this permission to stop me in my tracks the next time they hear or see me taking part in gossip. Look me in the eye and say, "What ever you do to the least of my people, that you do to Me"...ouch!

Today is enough

God seems to be teaching me to live in today, don't get caught up in tomorrow.

It was Spring, but it was Summer I wanted:

The warm days and the great outdoors.

It was Summer, but it was Fall I wanted:
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The colorful leaves and the cool, dry air.

It was Fall, but it was Winter I wanted:

The beautiful snow and the joy of the holiday season.

It was Winter, but it was Spring I wanted:

The warmth and the blossoming of nature.

I was a child, and it was adulthood I wanted:

The freedom and the respect.

I was 20, but it was 30 I wanted:

To be mature and sophisticated.

I was middle-aged, but it was 20 I wanted:

The youth and the free spirit.

I was retired, but it was middle-aged I wanted:

The presence of mind without limitations.

My life was over,and I never got what I wanted

 From the Women of Faith conference, Luci Swindoll.  So I'm trying to live each day as it comes, enjoying the gift God has given.