ugh..I just wrote this long post and now it is gone. oh well, guess it wasn’t something that was supposed to be posted. (not that is was bad or anything..)

Just want to leave you with a verse I’ve been working on applying to my life. I struggle with gossip and I hate it when I know other people do it, so I figured I should probably be working on it myself.

Psalm 19:14, “Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing in your sight

Oh Lord, my rock and my redeemer.:

I hate gossip. I hate it more then a lot of things. But I was reading my bible last night, and I realized I am so often at fault for doing the very thing I hate. I cannot stand it when my “friends” talk about me..it is just not friendly. But how often am I talking about them? more then I care to admit-although not all of it is gossip. Matthew says to take the log out of your eye before you look at the spec in anothers. I can’t get mad or confront other people on gossiping when I myself am doing the same thing. Not that I will ever fully conquer this area but.. God revealed to me the sin in my heart and how hypocritical I was being. I memorized Psalm 19:14, which says, “Let the words of my mouth and the mediations of my heart be acceptable in your sight oh Lord, my rock and my redeemer.” If I hate gossip, then I need to stop gossiping. Not that I am then going to go condemn everyone else..they have to deal with their sin on their own. But I don’t want people to see me as a gossip. and I know God is not pleased with it. so I have committed to work on it. I probably won’t grasp ahold of it anytime soon, but the sooner I start working on it, the sooner I will see some victory in the area.

I’m out..

Amanda