| Rumors — Part 2 |
| Here is a follow-up to yesterday’s meditation: |
| On the dining room wall of the summer camp I used to attend as a young person, there was a timely motto. Here is what it said: |
| A GOSSIP IS A PERSON |
| WITH A SENSE OF RUMOR |
| Here is the dictionary definition of the word Gossip: |
| “Gossip: Casual conversation or unsubstantiated reports about other people, chiefly derogatory. |
| A Gossip: A person who likes talking about other people’s private lives.” |
| Now, hear what the Bible says on the matter: |
| “Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth” (James 3:5). |
| “These … things doth the Lord hate … a lying tongue … A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren” (Proverbs 6:16-17, 19). |
| “For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile” (1 Peter 3:10). |