A Recipe for Gossip

A RECIPE FOR GOSSIP
"The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man's most innermost parts." Proverbs 18:8

I just saw this recipe in a magazine add this weekend:

SINFULLY RICH CHOICE MORSELS

Ingredients

1 Cup pride - Proverbs 21:24
¾ cup hearsay - Ephesians 4:29
½ cup evil suspicions - 1 Timothy 6:3-4
¼ cup grumbling - 1 Corinthians 10:10
1 tablespoon of bitterness - Ephesians 4:29 ¾ tablespoon slander - Leviticus 19:16
2 teaspoons yeast of exaggeration - 1 Corinthians 5:8
3 teaspoons of slurring the situation - Psalm 15:3 Pinch of flattery - Jude 16 Just a dash of unfaithfulness to Jesus - John 6:66

Directions

1. Mix together all ingredients in a bowl of betrayal. - Proverbs 16:28; Matthew 26:23

2. Pour into a medium saucepan and bring to a boil; constantly stirring - Proverbs 6:14

3. Prepare in a dark kitchen. - John 3:20

4. Turn on low and simmer overnight. - Ephesians 4:26-27

5. Sprinkle with the truth (optional) - Romans 1:25

6. Serve hot to itching ears, warm to those not minding their own business and cold to those fearful - Acts 14:2; 1 Thessalonians 4:11, 2 Timothy 4:3

Good to think about today as we begin this new week. (From World Magazine ad)

GREAT QUOTE: To trust Him means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in saying you trusted a person if you would not take his advice. Thus if you have really handed yourself over to Him, it must follow that you are trying to obey Him. But trying in a new way, a less worried way. (Clive Staples) C. S. Lewis