July 5, 2009 |
Volume XXVIII - Number 27 |
The Way With Gossip
Tom Wacaster via The Sandusky Sower
"I hear you made a million dollars in oil in Texas," said one man to another. Replied the second, Well, that report is substantially correct, except it wasn't in Texas, it was Oklahoma; and it wasn't in oil, it was gas; and it wasn't me, it was my brother-in-law; and it wasn't a million, it was a hundred thousand; and he didn't make it, he lost it."
While we might chuckle at the above story, it well illustrates the uncontrollable nature of gossip. Once a story has been launched, like a ship without a rudder upon the merciless sea, it is tossed to and fro by the wild imaginations of men who would twist, change, or outright lie about what they have heard. Common sense tells us to be careful in communication.
Facts are often ignored by those who would seek to impress others with either good news or bad. We are admonished by God's Word to lie not one to another," and to always let our speech be seasoned with salt. Gossip is unhealthy communication.
Before passing along any information, let us ask: (1) Is it true? (2) Is it beneficial to my hearer? (3) Is it really all that important that I tell this to others? And keep in mind that our Lord told us, "Take heed what ye hear with what measure ye mete it shall be measured unto you; and more shall be given unto you" (Mark 4:24).
From A Child's Perspective
A Kindergarten Sunday School class was discussing the subject of "prayer." The children understood that the way one ends a prayer was by saying, "Amen."
"Does anyone know what 'amen' means?" the teacher asked.
There was a long silence. Then one little girl piped up, with appropriate computer-age gestures, and said, "Well, I think it means, like, 'SEND'."
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New Classes Begin Today
Adults should report to their chosen class this morning.
Funeral services were held this past Wednesday (July 1st) for brother Lawrence Bauer who passed away last Sunday morning (June 28th) after a brief bout with cancer. Our prayers continue to be with Rita, Bob, Shirley and the rest of the Bauer family in their loss. Ladies' Night Out The Pantry
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TODAY'S SERMONS
AM:"WHO IS GREATER?" PM: "SOME PEOPLE THE CHURCH DOES NOT NEED" PRAYER LIST
Robin Cunningham, Paul Williams, Wanda Greene, Danny Pearson, Lucy Blackman, Paul Harper, Stanley Bise, Minnie Lee Stout, Kathy Beal, Robert Cox, Pansy Sims, Weston Rogers, Ricky Peeples, Jonathon DeWalt, Riley Parker, Vivian Bently, Frances Kidwell, Zach Mathis, Haskel DeBord, Luther Pendergrass – Shut Ins – Ken Skinner, Robert Cox, John Baker, Frances Black, Mattie Hughs – In The Nursing Homes – Mona Howard (Springlake), Jim Huggins (A,dale Oaks), Robert Pearson (Consulate) |
Our hearts go out in deepest sympathy to sister Phyllis Winans and family in the sudden passing of her sister, Debbie Barry, this past Friday afternoon. No other details were available at this printing. Keep Phyllis and her family in your prayers during this time of loss and sorrow.