Becky B.- Stop Gossip...

1. When and where were you when you were tempted to gossip?

I was out for lunch with friends, or out for drinks, or on the phone with people when the conversation got dead. Had a fight with a family member and talked to other family members about it.
2. Who were you with

Friends
3. What was the temptation to gossip? 

Lack of conversation, anger, being hurt by someone and wanting to talk about it, pride in knowing peoples secrets and almost bragging about them (I had a bad night gossiping with friends)
4. Was there a specific 'gossiper' who tempted you? (babbler, secret teller, slanderer, lover of gossip)

Yes and I would have been the ‘lover of gossip’
5. Did you feel the Holy Spirit's warning about dabbling into gossip?

Yes and I ignored it, then on another occasion I was tempted and instead the conversation went to better things
6. If you attempted to overcome the temptation to gossip which of the 'stop-gossip' tools did you use?

Subject change
7. If you did or did not overcome the temptation to gossip, How did it make you feel? What did you learn? Are you motivated to continue the stop-gossip challenge for the rest of your life?

I’m embarrassed. I gossiped in front of a girl I barely knew and talked about good friends of mine, it made me feel like a bad friend, like why would she want to befriend someone who clearly bashes her good friends? I called that night "verbal diarrhea" night, I will see this person again this week and I plan on apologizing for the gossiping I did. I learnt that gossiping always makes me feel worse about myself, and never makes me feel good, ever! I kind of wake up the next day with a shame over about the gossiping I did the day before, it is not a comfortable feeling. However, I get up every morning with the intent to start anew, vowing to change and knowing that I am already forgiven if I fail.