Gossip. Have you ever wonder what effect does gossip has on one lives? Let’s look at what the bible say: –
” A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a gossip separates close friends. Proverbs 16:28″
Indeed that gossip separates close friends. A lot of people will think, what could be wrong with just talking, as long as you don’t lie? but little did they know that words are dynamite and they can destroy people. Even truthful words can be damaging sometimes yet they can also save a friend from doing wrong. “The tongue has the power of life and death, Proverbs 18:21″
Recently, I got back in-contact with an old friend of mine. We have known each other for sometime. (yes, if you are reading this, I blog first before you do.. 
) We were very close back then and there were a lot of sharing and caring. Somehow or rather, there were some gossips flying around saying that he broke up with his girlfriend because of me and that he was after me. Silly of me to believes all these rumours and thus I decide to stop the friendship in order to stop the gossip. I was literally very stress and was very young to handle the situation maturedly (how I wish that at that time I’ve already attended Acts Church to have my leader to be accountable to and seek for Godly counsel). Anyway, I just avoided him totally and didn’t even ask him for clarification until lately that I found out it wasn’t true about what my friend told me. Hmm, can I trust his word?? Only God knows. Nevertheless, it doesn’t make any different to me know as I’m happily attached .
What I’m trying to say here is not about whether I should trust him or not but is about how gossip can separates close friends. It doesn’t only happen between me and him. Gossip also cause me to leave an organisation due to something that I did not do. Gossip also almost cause me my friendship with my sisters. Gossip also cause many people to hate my close friends. Gossip causes office politics. Gossip is a simplest way to bring people down.
Gossips are everywhere. You can get it at home, at work, in church, in temple, in the public toilet, restaurant and yes, EVERYWHERE. How can we ignore it when someone keep telling you?
My pastor once taught us, “When someone tries to tell you a gossip, ask them if whatever they told you is of concern to them or are they interested to help the person? If the answer for both questions are no then tell them to keep it to themself.” When I heard this, I was like, ok, can we actually do it? I think if we want to we can do it. So let’s stand up and be a different. Stamp out gossip completely and save your friendship today.
