Simple Thoughts

I heard it today, and I will change the relationship to protect the culprit. (wink). “My best friend does love to gossip with me… Well, it’s not really gossip. It’s all true…” I immediately found a dictionary and looked up gossip. As far as I could remember I didn’t think that truth was a qualifier. gos•sip –noun 1. idle talk or rumor, esp. about the personal or private affairs of others: the endless gossip about Hollywood stars. –verb (used without object) 6. to talk idly, esp. about the affairs of others; go about tattling. So rumor – that is something that may or may not be true… okay. But idle talk? What is that? i•dle –adjective 5. of no real worth, importance, or significance: idle talk. 2Ti 2:15-16 NKJV - Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane [and] idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness. Idle babblings in the Greek is kenophōnia which me...

Rom 5:3-5 And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. Jam 1:2-4 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have [its] perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. Perseverance is not something that is unattainable. It is not some trait that we can find in the GREAT CHRISTIANS of old and can’t get in our life here in 2010. However, I will warn you. Having perseverance takes guts. Why? Because perseverance is a trait acquired after trials, tribulation, and hard times. per•se•ver•ance  / [pur-suh-veer-uhns] –noun 1.steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., esp. in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or ...