Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues.Proverbs 10:19
People who talk too much without checking the facts bring ruination to many things in life. The Navy says ‘Loose lips sink ships’ meaning if a sailor speaks about something and the wrong person hears and repeats it much trouble will be in its wake. In my prayer group Moms in Prayer International we have as part of rules of the group ‘What is prayed in the group stays in the group’, period. No repeating it or discussing it with others.
You might be in an office environment where your co workers engage in water cooler gossip or around the lunch room table. Don’t slip and fall into the trap of joining in. Get away and do something else. Even in other environments such as barber or beauty shops this bad habit can catch fire.
Be careful what you say and who you say it to. Not everyone needs to know your business or the business of your extended family. Be one who a confidence can be kept secure with and the kind of person people entrust with the little issues in their life. Don’t pass on things on social media as they might not be true, edifying or more important necessary. Start today to be a person of verbal integrity that others can trust with their secrets.
PRAYER:It is so easy to fall into the trap of talking to much and to too many especially with social media at my finger tips. Help me be a person others trust with their private information and prayers. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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