Greetings Dear Reader,
“I love you but I am going to say terrible things about you
to others.” I believe that we have far
too small an understanding of the power of our words. We put things out there that are
eternal. We say things that are not our
portion to say and then are surprised when we cannot call them back. We can apologize, say we did not mean it, or
even reverse our story, but the story has been told and the damage done.
There are people angry at me whom I have never met because
of what someone else has said. I think
that the word “gossip” is not powerful enough for what I am getting at
here. I hear people casually say negative
things about other people without any thought for how it would make that person
feel. Worse, it is done without the
filter of our love for Christ and the person about whom we speak.
We can destroy relationships, careers, and even lives with
our words. We can intervene with “good
intentions” or by suggesting prayer when what we are really doing is passing
along a lurid tale. We deliver judgment upon others without ever speaking to
him or her. We carry our judgment and
the story to others and damage them without their knowledge. We sometimes even revel in the attention we
get as we tell the story.
It is my obligation not to listen to negative speech about
others. Even if the person is right
there, I must not allow others to malign because it is not an evidence of the
love of Christ. The attitude must be “I
love you so, I will not believe or listen to negative things about you until I
hear it from you.” Imagine Dear Reader,
how easy it would be to be honest about our faults if we knew we could talk to
others without fear of being talked about in our absence. The Father is not receiving love from us when
we malign his children.
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every
writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a
homeowner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store.”
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