Backbiting HurtsðŸ˜
How do you treat this friend? A friend who shares secret with you, advises you when you are at the cusp of falling into a huge mistake, one who leaves nothing masked between you and is willing to help you whenever you call. One who will give out his clothes to you when yours seem damaged and old-fashioned. A friend who can give you food when for some reason you haven't eaten. Please how do you treat such a friend? Should you be part of the people who sit to falsely accuse, gossip and backbite him? Collating all the benefits and a blessing this person has been to you, put your feet in their shoes and feel the pain you will inflict on them if you do this to them. If you can't repay or remember anything they have done for you, don't destroy them. It hurts, and is a really painful and disheartening thing to do to someone you call a friend. When they do something that is off-course, cover them in public and correct them in private. Friendships are expensive and we cultivate them on the soil of decency, mutual respect and love. Remember it is always easier to scatter than to build. Choose the harder path; build. That path pays and leads to a long-lasting relationship.
Exodus 23:1
“Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.
Wow. Fascinating.
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