Yesterday I was ministering to my daughter about communication, specifically about GOSSIPING. If you noticed, I used the term "ministering" I've learned through the ministry that my family and I are dedicated members to, that, you don't have to be a preacher or a minister of the Gospel to minister to people, especially our children. To minister to someone, means you are simply attending to their needs . As she is growing and flowing through her teenage years, I've noticed her style of communication, which on the levels of academics and mannerism, its in tact. Her casual conversation among her friends is even friendly. The red flags come up when a situation of some type has taken place and now she is in a position of defense and trying to prove her point, or she feels the need to express her opinion, where it's not needed. That's when we now cross over to the Gossip side of communication. I am a people-person. I like to think that the Lord has given m...
"For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God's gift - 9 not from works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are HIS workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do." Ephesians 2:8-10