Friday, January 27, 2012

The Gift Of Silence

Gossip is a "careless" tool.
We should never let it rule.
Info which we should not share
Discreetly should be wrapped in prayer.

When in speech our words meander,
Sometimes they become as slander.
Gossip sadly lacks respect
And lovingkindness won't reflect.

Any "news" which we might hear
To another may be dear.
We can give that one a lift...
To them our "silence" is a gift.

"He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends."
Proverbs 17:9 KJV

"Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly."
Proverbs 26:20, 22 KJV

© 2011 Arlene Schwartzkopf