Good Morning! Proverbs Day 11: Prov 11:12-13 A man who lacks judgment derides his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his tongue. A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret. Man I have to tell you, I don't know about you, but reading these Proverbs everyday sure is tough. Cause everyday I get slapped in the face by God. There is not one Proverb that I don't see something I am doing or something I need to change. Maybe that's why you don't hear alot of sermons come out of this book LOL!? Its Hard to preach about things that are prevalent in everyday life. Just like today's Vs. I am only going to speak for myself, cause I'm sure there are some of you out there that just don't do these things. One of my worst Character Defects is I like to down other people. Most the time it is people I don't even know or know their situation in life. But I can look at them and find fault and judgment on them just by the way they look or act. This is deriding your neighbor. I am always so fast to know what these peoples problems are and how they should change them. Which is Great! Because then that takes the focus off of me, and all the faults I have. Because it is easier to find ways for these people to change, than it is for me to change my flaws and defects of character. Cause lets face it, what is really wrong with me LOL LOL! My standards and lifestyle are far above anyone else. Again I LOL! And then there is this sin and YES! It is a sin! I don't care how much you deny it, or maybe you only do it because you are CONCERNED as someone I know would say. In the course of the day, we all gossip about someone. Because lets face it, as humans if somebody tells us something, we just have to tell someone else. It may only be 1 person and we will tell them, "Please don't tell anyone!" but we will tell someone. And in turn they will tell one person, and so forth and so forth! It is a good thing God sent Jesus to forgive our sins, cause this one thing would send us all to Hell on a daily basis. Because lets face it, a day doesn't go by, and for some of us it is an hour, where we aren't talking about somebody. Cause Yes! Even when you are Deriding your neighbor you are gossiping. So today I challenge you to see if you can go the whole day without talking about someone, or even thinking in your mind, Man look at this person, they really need to come up to my standards of living. And if you can't! Thank God for His forgiveness and mercy we have through His Son Jesus! Because if life was about living up to peoples standards, None of us, and I mean None of us, could ever live up to His. So why do we think others should live up to ours? Have a Great Day and think about that today while you are Deriding someone or Gossiping about them. And remember God still loves you, even with your faults. But Hey! He only tells Jesus!
Saturday, June 11, 2011
What is coming out of your mouth?
Good Morning! Proverbs Day 11: Prov 11:12-13 A man who lacks judgment derides his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his tongue. A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret. Man I have to tell you, I don't know about you, but reading these Proverbs everyday sure is tough. Cause everyday I get slapped in the face by God. There is not one Proverb that I don't see something I am doing or something I need to change. Maybe that's why you don't hear alot of sermons come out of this book LOL!? Its Hard to preach about things that are prevalent in everyday life. Just like today's Vs. I am only going to speak for myself, cause I'm sure there are some of you out there that just don't do these things. One of my worst Character Defects is I like to down other people. Most the time it is people I don't even know or know their situation in life. But I can look at them and find fault and judgment on them just by the way they look or act. This is deriding your neighbor. I am always so fast to know what these peoples problems are and how they should change them. Which is Great! Because then that takes the focus off of me, and all the faults I have. Because it is easier to find ways for these people to change, than it is for me to change my flaws and defects of character. Cause lets face it, what is really wrong with me LOL LOL! My standards and lifestyle are far above anyone else. Again I LOL! And then there is this sin and YES! It is a sin! I don't care how much you deny it, or maybe you only do it because you are CONCERNED as someone I know would say. In the course of the day, we all gossip about someone. Because lets face it, as humans if somebody tells us something, we just have to tell someone else. It may only be 1 person and we will tell them, "Please don't tell anyone!" but we will tell someone. And in turn they will tell one person, and so forth and so forth! It is a good thing God sent Jesus to forgive our sins, cause this one thing would send us all to Hell on a daily basis. Because lets face it, a day doesn't go by, and for some of us it is an hour, where we aren't talking about somebody. Cause Yes! Even when you are Deriding your neighbor you are gossiping. So today I challenge you to see if you can go the whole day without talking about someone, or even thinking in your mind, Man look at this person, they really need to come up to my standards of living. And if you can't! Thank God for His forgiveness and mercy we have through His Son Jesus! Because if life was about living up to peoples standards, None of us, and I mean None of us, could ever live up to His. So why do we think others should live up to ours? Have a Great Day and think about that today while you are Deriding someone or Gossiping about them. And remember God still loves you, even with your faults. But Hey! He only tells Jesus!
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