Saturday, April 13, 2013

Stop It


Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool.

More info on how we can play the fool, a role I’m not interested in having!

Notice some of the words in this verse such as “conceals,” “hatred,” “lying lips,” and “spreads slander.”

Those words are connected with relationships.   When we hate others, yet lie to their faces and pretend to be their friend, then talk about them badly when they’re gone – we’re a fool.

I’m pretty sure this describes middle school behavior at its worst.  Girls get together in a huddle and the hatred flies because another girl thinks she’s “all that” which only makes the group hate her more.  Then the girl walks up, swings her head as her hair flies to the other side, and the group chatters to her as if they’re her best friend.  As she walks on down the hall, the girls giggle and find every reason to tear her down.

Have you seen that happen?

As adults, that type of behavior needs to stop.  But sadly, for some, it does not.

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