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Tuesday Tips: Vivid Details
A Sunday school teacher was telling her class the story of the Good Samaritan, in which a man was beaten, robbed and left for dead. She described the situation in vivid detail so her students would catch the drama. Then she asked the class, "If you saw a person lying on the roadside all wounded and bleeding, what would you do?" A thoughtful little girl broke the hushed silence with......"I think I'd throw up!"
TIP: Vivid details are not typically necessary... well, unless you are giving my husband and I directions to say, the "Lamb Hunt" or church picnic (inside joke with church family). I've learned this tip, and may on ocassion still be learning this, the hard way.
1. They can often lead to gossip and do more harm than good and sometimes come in disguise under "prayer request". (Psalm 19:14, "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer.)
2. They can be unnecessarily debasing and miss the boat on bringing glory to God. (Proverbs 19:1, "Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in speech and is a fool.")
3. They can be a complete waste of breath and time and lead to unrighteous judgement if one's own log has not been removed. (Job 16:3, "Will your long-winded speeches never end?")
Comments
So true. So true.
At our previous church, my wife and I eventually stopped attending the Wednesday prayer meetings because they were great opportunities gossip about our views of the lives of certain brethren.
It never failed that I would have to pray and cleanse myself after each meeting. I always left feeling rather defiled.
Posted by: Mike Young | July 25, 2006 08:57 AM