Venting … gossip’s brother
18 10 2007
Matthew 18:15 - 17 (NIV)
“If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.”
OK … I’m going to generalize here. So, if this angers you, I am politely asking you to get over it.
Whenever the talk of gossip comes up, or whenever you read comic strips about gossip, it always seems to involve women. This - by no means - mean that men are exempt from the snares of gossip. However, this seems to be the accepted truth in what we read, see and hear in public. It is almost as if this is a weakness that only affect women because we men are so much above that. (BALONEY!!!)
Men simply gossip in a different way than women. It’s not gossip because it is what they DID TO US … not necessarily what they DID. It’s called VENTING!
Have you have had anyone that just wanted to VENT to you in order to better understand what they were dealing with, or better yet, to avoid taking their anger out on someone else, or because it would do no good to go to the other person because they are an idiot. I have been VENTED to, and I have VENTED! Guilty! But I know for a fact that I am not alone.
It is time we rise above. No more venting. That’s really all I have to say about that. Just stop. Read Matthew 18:15 - 17 again, meditate on it, memorize it, do whatever it takes to get that truth into your brain. Just stop VENTING!
The weak person vents. It is very easy to do.
The strong person goes to the brother who has offended (or seems to have offended). It is very difficut to do.
It is a difficult life the Christian must live, but if we live it as God has instructed us to live it … it is the abundant life promised to us by Christ.
John 10:10 (NIV):
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
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