#proverbs 18:8

Devotional for April 15

Rumors are dainty morsels that sink deep into one's heart. - Proverbs 18:8

Insight

It is as hard to refuse to listen to gossip as it is to turn down a delicious dessert. Taking just one morsel of either one creates a taste for more.

Challenge

You can resist rumors the same way a determined dieter resists candy—never even open the box. If you don't nibble on the first bite of gossip, you can't take the second and the third.

The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;     they go down into the inner parts of the body. Proverbs 18:8 Perhaps you have heard the expression, “Those are so good that you can’t eat just one.” I have said that occasionally after wrapping my teeth around a good potato chip or other delicacy. Before long, you have eaten the entire bag of chips because they are so good. In some sense,…