Tuesday, April 15, 2008

# 67 Refrain from Gossip for One Week

Completed April, 2008

At Bible study tonight, we were talking about sin and how it's constantly with us, partially because when we're told the rules, we immediately want to break them, but that that process is what makes us aware of the sin in the first place and allows us to make an effort not to give in to it. Our 'homework' for the week until next time is to not gossip, which Ray defined as saying anything about a person outside of their presence that you would not say to their face. Honestly, this could be really difficult- I know I'm going to slip up, but I'll do what I can. It's going to take a lot of awareness on my part. I would say the completion of this goal is a judgement call- since I can almost guarantee I won't succeed, I'll have to decide if I made an honest enough effort to give myself credit. I'll probably have to evaluate at Bible study next week- I'll let you know how it goes.

Update: It was tricky, but I think I gave it a good effort.