Life Coach - Wisdom from the Proverbs

“The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles, And they go down into the inmost body.”

-Proverbs 18:8

Oh my, this proverb is too true! How often have we listened with smacking lips enjoying some little word of gossip like a tasty truffle? And then we swallow it up, moving that word of gossip from our smacking lips to our innermost self, not even knowing if this little item of interest is even true. Like the old saying says, “A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips.” Once we have enjoyed that tasty morsel and swallowed it, we will often defend it as if it were true and even pass it on...