Thursday, August 19, 2010

It's Just a Whisper


Ray Ortlund:


The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into the inner parts of the body.  Proverbs 18:8

Let’s all admit it.  We love gossip.  We love negative information about other people.  We love controversy.  Welove “Have you heard the latest?”  Each word is a delicious morsel, an irresistible delicacy.  We gulp these words down with relish.  But it is unmistakable evidence of our corruption within.  And each new contagious word we swallow goes down deep into us with a lasting impression and leaves us even sicker than we were before.  Truly, God is not mocked.
We are always speaking, even whispering, and listening, before the face of God.

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