"How About You?"

"And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it." (Psalms 41:6) There really is some truth in what is being spoken here, as if anyone can keep the iniquity of another to himself; there is just always someone that absolutely needs to know, after all, it's not like they really know who I am talking about. How about you? can you keep a secret? or do you need to share what you know with others, like it is money that is burning a hole in your pocket to be spent? We are instructed in God's word to not only confront each other over issues that we see, but we are also instructed to go to each other over the issues which we have; for those of us that are in leadership, the cat is out of the bag as to how things said in confidence are made known abroad. I get told things, and then wonder, Why are you telling me this? How about we just be happy for each other to make it through, and not be happy for someone else to be worse than we are? Because the reality is, we are no better than anyone else; no body is without sin, and no body lives a sinless life; and as soon as you think that you are above anyone else, well, you gather iniquity to yourself, just as David says that his so called friend does, as he pretends be pay him a visit because he is sick, but all the while, he just wants to gather dirt on him, so that he can go tell everyone he knows what a sick king David is. Whatever happen to, Do unto others as you would have them do unto you? (Luke 6:31) How many of us would want what was told to someone in confidence to be made know to others? I gather there would be any that say, I don't care what people know about me, or about the secrets that I keep. Well, God knows, that much is sure! Do we care what He knows? And yet, if He knows, and He still loves you, then why in the world can't we hold those things sacred that are shared to us in secret? Personally, I believe most of the time we are testing the reaction of those that we tell, just in case one day we might want to come clean on something within our own life; but that's just my opinion, because there is always some vain reason that we do what we do; it's just a matter of time, because what goes around, comes around... "Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again." (Luke 6:36-38)