You May as Well Be Stealing when You GossipRumors (gossip)… come on people get a grip!Rumors are one of the things that ruin this entire world. Someone starts something and then it is spread quicker than a wildfire in July. Otherwise known as gossip, rumors are hurtful, misleading, and most of the time down right lies. Rumors (gossip) have been known to ruin people’s lives to the point of that person committing suicide. Are you one of those who really like to talk about others? Do you like to tell things you hear whether they are proven true or not? If you find out something about someone do you immediately get on the phone and call everyone you know? If you answered “yes”, then you like to gossip.Now here is what really grinds my gears…those people who go to church and talk about people before church, during church, after church, and the rest of the week. Gossip is considered a sin, right along with murder, stealing, lying, cheating, and adultery. There are no big or little sins. They are all equal! In God’s eyes when you gossip you may as well be stealing something.However, unlike stealing inanimate objects when you gossip, you are robbing a person of their dignity and pride and good name. One you begin a rumor, most of the time it does not stop until all the damage it can do is done. By that time trying to retract and contradict the rumor is usually out of the realm of reality.Think back to a time, or even the present, when a rumor was started about you. How did you feel? I have a feeling you did not feel happy about it. How many people have you started rumors about?I am not judging anyone because that is not my place. We have only One true and righteous Judge, and every one will answer to Him one day. Yet, I am just trying to prove a point.I have to admit that in the past I have been guilty of this gossip. However, when the tables turned one time, I learned my lesson and have not started anything about anybody since.
