7/8/2023 0 Comments Book too much lip![]() I hadn’t.īut I didn’t need to see it, because the caller then related all the details about a news story* from the small town where I lived at the time. Years ago, I received a call from someone wanting to know if I’d read the newspaper that day. And if you want another powerful tool to do that, you might try what I started doing a few years back. None of us would want others to talk about us, so why were we so eager to talk? Yes, perhaps the most effective way to avoid gossip is to simply keep our lips zipped. We shouldn’t be talking like this behind her back." And I don’t think I have anything to say. ![]() Even when another girl asked directly, "Don’t you think so, too?" she said nothing.įinally, someone asked if she was listening. She sat silently on the bed, staring out the window. One by one, everyone chimed in and shared their opinion about this person. Sitting around my tiny dorm room with a group of girls in college, the topic of someone else on campus came up. I still remember the first time I witnessed the power of zipped lips. ![]() ![]() "Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth keep watch over the door of my lips!" Psalm 141:3 (ESV) ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |