ARE YOU A GOSSIPER OR GOSSIPEE?

"And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busy bodies, speaking things which they ought not". 1 Timothy 5:13. Hello, good morning, "have you heard? Don't tell I told you," BUT'..I wreck churches, and separate Christians, make innocent people and pastors cry on their pillows, I spawn suspicion and generate grief. I have no respect for justice. I maim without killing, I break hearts and ruin lives. I am cruel and malicious and gather strength with age. The more I am quoted, the more I am believed. I flourish at every level of society. My victims are helpless. They cannot protect themselves against me because I have no name and no face. I 'm nobody's friend. Once I tarnish a reputation, it's never the same. I topple governments and ruin marriages. I destroy carriers and cause heartache and sleepless nights. Who am I you may ask? I am GOSSIP. Now a days I love to talk on cell phones and like to send emails. Years ago I was teaching in a Sunday School of intelligent teenagers. I asked them to define gossip. One said, "It's quietly going after a person behind his or her back". Another one said, "It's an effort to build one up by lowering another". A third replied, "it's a secretive pastime for some that others have to pay for". Fourth one said, " It's telling something bad on another that usually begins with, 'They say'. Smart kids, aren't they! There are two classes of people in the world: GOSSIPERS and GOSSIPEES. Hey hey, which one are you? The talebearers are large in numbers but short on respectability. Remember "If they gossip to you, they will gossip about you too". STOP IT!! Did you hear me, STOP IT, I MEAN STOP IT!!!!