Scattered Feathers - A Life Lesson

My friend Bekki recently posted about gossip. As I read her post, I was reminded of an illustration I heard recently at a Ladies' Conference.

The story (which is actually in a book found here) goes something like this:

"A woman is accused of ruining a reputation through gossip and visits her rabbi to see how she can atone and repair the damage. She tells the rabbi that she wants to "take back her words." The rabbi tells her to go and get his feather pillow and meet him on the top of a mountain. When she arrives with the pillow, the rabbi instructs her to open it and let the feathers go. She does and the feathers fly everywhere. He tells her that gossip spreads like those feathers in the wind.

Worried that she has not learned her lesson, he instructs her to go and collect all the feathers and bring them back to him. She realizes that she can not and that neither can she take back the gossip which ruined someone's reputation."

A poem that is in the book mentioned above says this:

Words, like feathers fly

in the wind, in the wind.

Careless words, tossed about,

cannot again be swallowed up.

Moral of the story? Don't gossip! What you say to one person can never be taken back. And even when they say they will not tell anyone else, very rarely are they able to contain that juicy information and MUST share it with one more friend, who HAS to tell just one person....ad nauseum.
A main Principle of Communication states it in this way: Communication is irreversible.
Once said, always remembered.

Be careful that the unruly member of the body is kept weakened through humble prayer and daily communication with the Lord!

Tagged: My Life, In Six words

I was tagged by Chriss.
My six word memoir goes like this...

"Persevere: Never, Never Ever Give Up!"

This holds true for my spiritual walk, as well as my determination to succeed in life.
No matter what comes my way, whether it is my own doing or just the way the cookie crumbles, I am determined to be the best I can be and make it to Heaven for eternity.

I am tagging:
Bekki at Learning to Dance in the Rain
Erica Rose at Erica's Place
Thresa at Lozano Family


Here are the rules:
1. Write your own six word memoir
2. Post it on your blog and include a visual illustration if you want
3. Link to the person who tagged you in your post
4. Tag at least 3 more blogs
5. Leave a comment on the tagged blogs with an invitation to play

Christian One Liners

This morning I found the following one-liners in my e-mail in-box. I do not know who wrote these or where they were first posted but they are funny and inspiring! There are a few that are convicting and we all need to remember those especially! I hope you enjoy!

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Don't let your worries get the
best of you; remember, Moses
started out as a basket case.

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Some people are kind, polite, and
sweet-spirited until you try to sit in their pews.

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Many folks want to serve God,
but only as advisors.

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It is easier to preach ten sermons
than it is to live one.

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The good Lord didn't create anything
without a purpose, but mosquitoes come close.

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When you get to your wit's end,
you'll find God lives there.

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People are funny; they want the
front of the bus, the middle of the road, and the back of the church.

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Opportunity may knock once, but temptation
bangs on your front door forever.

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Quit griping about your church;
if it was perfect, you couldn't belong.

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If the church wants a better pastor,
it only needs to pray for the one it has.

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God Himself does not propose to
judge a man until he is dead.
So why should you?

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Some minds are like concrete
thoroughly mixed up and
permanently set.

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Peace starts with a smile.

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I don't know why some people
change churches; what difference
does it make which one you stay
home from?

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A lot of church members who are singing
'Standing on the Promises'
are just sitting on the premises.

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We were called to be
witnesses, not lawyers or judges.

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Be ye fishers of men. You catch
them - He'll clean them.

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Coincidence is when God
chooses to remain anonymous.

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Don't put a question mark
where God put a period.

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Don't wait for 6 strong
men to take you to church.

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Forbidden fruits create many jams.

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God doesn't call the qualified,
He qualifies the called.

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God grades on the cross, not the curve.

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God loves everyone, but probably prefers 'fruits of the spirit' over 'religious nuts!'

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God promises a safe landing,
not a calm passage.

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He who angers you, controls you!

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If God is your Co-pilot - swap seats!

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Prayer:
Don't give God instructions -- just report for duty!

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The task ahead of us is never as
great as the Power behind us.

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The Will of God never takes you to
where the Grace of God will not protect you.

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We don't change the message,
the message changes us.

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You can tell how big a person is
by what it takes to discourage him.

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The best mathematical equation
I have ever seen:

1 cross + 3 nails = 4 given.

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