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The Gossiper
A woman repeated a bit of gossip about a neighbor.
Within a few days the whole community knew the story.
The person it concerned was deeply hurt and offended.
Later, the woman responsible for spreading the rumor
I learned that it was completely untrue.
She was very sorry and went to a wise old sage to
find out what she could do to repair the damage.
"Go to the marketplace," he said,
"and purchase a chicken, and have it killed.
Then on your way home,
pluck its feathers and drop them one by one along the road."
Although surprised by this advice,
the woman did what she was told.
The next day the wise man said,
"Now, go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday
and bring them back to me."
The woman followed the same road, but
to her dismay the wind had blown all the feathers away.
After searching for hours,
she returned with only three feathers in her hand.
"You see," said the old sage,
"It's easy to drop them, but it is impossible to get them back.
So it is with gossip.
It doesn't take much to spread a rumor, but
once you do you can never completely undo the wrong."
Author Unknown
This is what the Lord says:
"Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man
boast of his strength
or the rich man boast of his riches,
but let him who boasts boast about this:
that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord,
who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth,
for in these I delight,"
declares the Lord Jeremiah 9:23-24
Jesus says
"Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is
merciful. Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall
not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven." Luke 6:36-37
Jesus says
"A new commandment I give unto you,
That ye love one another; as I have loved you,
that ye also love one another.
By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples,
if ye have love one to another."
John 13:34-35
Supplied for Our Devotions by - Cristal Jackson
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