When Gossip Isn’t Gossip

When you spend over 20 years serving in the military, you acquire a lot of friends (acquaintances, allies or people) who you know by name or sometimes, only by face.  Some people may be good life-long colleagues and some persons you may never want to see or hear about them again.

Nevertheless, there may be a time when you might want to pray for that person (nothing evil, but good).  But without former knowledge, we discover that a friend has left this earth, (bought the farm, passed-away, died) and not one of your associates on social media mentioned the fact that this person was gone from this earth.

We tend to use these social interaction sites to post what we may think is funny, informative, inspiring, or aspiring.  We say, “It’s our page and we can post whatever we want to post on our page as long as it’s not offensive to others or derogatory according to the website creators.”  That’s fine, but all I’m asking is that we let others, in our inner circle of chums, know what’s happening with other people that we have in common.

Whether it is a death, a celebration in that person’s family, an illness, a milestone or something else that would be encouraging to know; we should make mention of it and not assume that someone else will tell the story.

It’s not gossiping to talk about our friends stations in life.  We can call our other friends, text them or message them.  We never know when we would be needed to encourage others who may need to hear a kind word or know that God is there with them in their time of need.

Gossip – idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others.  Don’t be confused about what we communicate.  The prayer of a good person has a powerful effect.

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If you had read my Blog form June 2009 (“Security In Cyberspace”) you would note that there is a growing concern over “Social Networking” and it’s rightfully so; yet there are positive aspects to an old song – “Make new friends but keep the old. One is silver and the other gold”.

I’ve met some very wonderful new acquaintances ‘face-to-face’ from my social network circles. People that I have prayed for, encouraged or have something in common with, have become new friends that are tangibly accessible. I’ve encountered old comrades from school, other writers and businessmen, celebrities, and the computer has added new meaning to “small groups” within a church’s internet network.

But please, update your photo (at least every 6 months) so that I won’t be caught with my mouth gaping open from what I see before me. Either the person is heavier than their picture; has less hair; has more wrinkles; or is not the person (or thing) that you’ve been viewing the whole time that you’ve been conversing online. Beware of those persons who don’t resemble anyone else in their ‘pics’ or who doesn’t show themselves at all. Remember that the Word of God still says, 16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. Mat. 10

When meeting someone for the first time I have my husband with me and I don’t compromise our safety by choosing a meeting place that is not public or well lit; no matter if it’s a male or female (yes, I do watch CSI and anything is possible). Trust – Believe – Receive! Be Blessed in Order to Be a Blessing and “Fear Not”
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Newsy Not Nosey

Christians! Get your heads out of the sand. Be aware. Get involved. Know what your city and government are standing for. Know what the schools are teaching and/or telling your children. It’s amazing to me how few parents show up when there’s a parent/teacher meeting. Find out what’s happening around this nation. God wants us aware and ready for whatever may come. It’s sad to think that some people won’t know that Jesus came back to earth until later on because they don’t listen to any news programs. The rapture will have occurred, and they’ll still be asking, “Whatever happened to Pete and Jan? Oh, didn’t you listen to the news or read the paper? Jesus came back last week.”

I recall a true story that happened to my family and me while we were stationed in Germany. One night while we were sleeping, there was a small earthquake, which woke us but didn’t alarm us. My husband and I turned over and went back to sleep. In Germany, you had one telephone for the house, and ours was in the living room. The next day, some friends of ours told us that after they felt the earthquake (since earthquakes were unusual for Germany), they got up and called the pastor of our church. No answer. They called us. We didn’t hear the phone, and our children were sound sleepers. Our friends finally reached another couple they knew to be saved and living a holy Christ-like life. Our friends were so relieved to speak with the other saved couple, because our friends thought that the rapture had come and they were left behind here on earth. The whole situation was funny, but these friends of ours were saved, spirit-filled saints who were concerned about their future, as we too should be concerned. “For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God; and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?” (I Pet. 4:17-18). We have to stay well informed to do that which the Lord would have us to do. Instead of talking about nothing, we should start reading and discussing something.

When I was younger, I didn’t like to read. I couldn’t stand reading a book unless it was a comic book. Now that I’ve matured, I always have something that I am reading. Either by information from a news program or by studying; I always try to stay informed.

{Exerpt from “Chil’ Let Me Tell You Somethin’”© 2009, Ms. “V” Ms. "V" web}

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