Friday! Proverbs!

He who goes about as a gossip reveals secrets; Therefore do not associate with a gossip [who talks freely or flatters].

Proverbs 20:19 AMP

Well this is straight up!

People who talk about other people, who gossip, who give up others stories, just avoid them.

The end.

Except that can be me.

Prov 18:8 & 26:22 describe gossip as a juicy morsel, and who doesn't want something that tastes so good.

Or to pass on something. 

And I can justify it by only telling you, or you'll hear about it anyway or whatever.

Rather than exercise the fruit of the Spirit (love, patience, kindness, self-control) there's something corrupted in my heart. The reality is I gossip because it feels good. 

For me.

It's all about me.

Holding someone's story is a treasure, 

and if someone has trusted me with (a part of) their story, 

I should be trust worthy to hold it.

To hold it like a treasured possession.

This proverb is a sobering reminder of my corrupted heart, and that to love people well, one key way is to hold their story.

Like a treasure.

Like the treasure that they are.

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