
“Will asked Jessie to the prom, but she told me that she would never go with him because he backstabbed Marcy last year, remember that?”
“Yeah, I remember. But get this! You know Gabby, that girl who wears those funny glasses and dresses like a total geek? Well, I heard that her brother is wanting to ask Charlotte to prom this year! What a laugh!”
Charlotte pretended to be horrified and laughed along with the group, but Tina clenched her hands in her lap. Gabby had been one of Charlotte and Tina’s best friends before they had started to hang with this crowd and probably had ten times more true character than all of them put together. Not to mention, she was a whole lot nicer.
“Hey, whatever happened with you and Sandy, Charlotte? Last time I heard, you both were no longer on speaking terms.”
Tina glared at Charlotte, hoping she would catch the hint to keep quiet before she got herself into a tight mess, but her friend had already begun telling the group about the hurt friendship, adding in her own opinions and twists. Tina stared in shock as Charlotte chatted on and on about Sandy’s private life as easily as if she was talking about the weather outside. The girls around the table added in some more ‘stories’ about Sandy each time Charlotte paused and soon everybody’s eyes turned to Tina.
“Didn’t Sandy act really rude when she came over your house that one time, Tina? I tell you, that girl can be so annoying.”
Tina looked down at her now white knuckles. What should she do? Sandy had been rude at her house that one time, but Tina had confronted her about it and had forgiven her. If she said nothing, the popular girls would call her names and Charlotte would probably walk away. If she talked badly about Sandy, she would remain with the cool crowd, but would be talking cruelly about a friend she had already forgiven. Tina looked back up and scanned the girls sitting around the table. Each one expected her to talk – to share – to grill Sandy. Should she do what was right or do what the people around her did?
Tina opened her mouth and began to speak.
{This story has no end but will continue to begin. Only you can finish what the ending holds, but it is a choice. You have a voice – use it wisely.}
and hinder devotion to God.
5 Your sin prompts your mouth;
you adopt the tongue of the crafty.
6 Your own mouth condemns you, not mine;
your own lips testify against you.
He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.”
trouble and evil are under his tongue.
8 He lies in wait near the villages;
from ambush he murders the innocent.
His eyes watch in secret for his victims;
may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless,
innocent of great transgression.
be pleasing in your sight,
LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
and it falls on the wicked instead.
but through knowledge the righteous escape.


Thank you Lexi for starting our month off on how to handle gossip and taming our mouths to ensure we glorify Him –with such a powerful example!
Next week we will hear from Christie, and I’m sure she will share many pearls of wisdom as one of the leaders of youth programs alongside her husband, who is their church’s Youth Pastor.
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