Gossip… born out of curiosity? To know and make known? Did you know… did you hear? I’ve had this message on my mind for many weeks, maybe a year. Research has shown that engaging in gossip is an ‘oxytocin thriller.’ But in reality, it’s a relationship killer. As words of gossip leave our lips it begins to take on a life of its own. Scripture is loaded with instructions about such a thing. Warnings to forsake it, reject it, disengage from it. As we dive into the topic of gossip, may God prepare our hearts for hearing and receiving. For Jesus surely calls us to embrace his ways of love, freeing us from gossip’s prison cell. The truth about gossip is it’s a wound producing well. God calls us to love one another, may gossip be no more. May we find God’s love in loving one another well, and in this well – dwell.
Looking forward to the message this Sunday on gossip… I heard it’s going to be juicy.
See you Sunday,
Pastor Mark