Gossip is everywhere, mean things being said about someone happen all the time, society even promotes it with television shows and magazines dedicated to it, and we're all guilty of being a part of it in one way or anything, but lately it's been weighing a lot on my heart about how my words really can affect another individual. I know that I personally have fallen victim to gossip and I've always been just another cog in the gossip wheel. Have you ever noticed how we eat gossip up when it's about someone else, but when we hear a poor word about ourselves it's like our whole world as been ripped out from under us? Life sure is funny sometimes. I think that's why I've decided against making New Year's resolutions about losing weight or keeping fit, but instead I've made a resolution not to gossip. It's going to hard, but I know that God wants us, as women of Christ, to love one another and not speak poor of the other.
I live in a dorm and gossip is so rapid in there that it almost makes your head spin and it's getting insane. It's not even the real start of the semester yet and there's already gossip floating around my floor and I'm not saying I'm looking down on those talking about it, because I'm just as guilty of it as they are, but I'm going to try to quit the habit. Of course, I can't stop others, but I can be one less person to join it. I know it's going to be hard and I'll slip from time to time, but thankful God is a God of mercy and he loves his children very much. My grandma and I were talking today and she said that God protects the hearts of those that do not purposely hurt others and I believe that may be the reason that I've been struggling with some issues I have been lately - I've participated in gossip in this past semester when I knew I shouldn't. To those I've spoken about, I apologize, I knew I was hurting you and I didn't care. It was wrong and I know it. I'm sorry, again.
One of the saddest things is that I've heard friends talking about friends and I've even been a part of that. I'm done, I won't do it anymore. God calls us to be above worldly things and when we participate in gossip we are letting Satan take hold of our spirits and play with them in any way he can. God wants us to love one another and even though we may have our differences he wants us to get past it and love, no matter what they've done, who they are.
"Unconditionally love is the hardest thing to do and the greatest thing to feel." ~British Philosopher
