Silence is not always golden

[songofsummer]

There is a time for everything. There are times when silence is truly golden, and it is best to keep quiet, and watch and wait and pray. There are times when words would do more harm than good. But there are other times when to keep silence is to sacrifice principle and to lower the standard that as Christians we all should keep high. It's easy to

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[sea_maiden_song]

agreed!! ............. strangely the thing which i often find myself "raising my voice" and speaking up against is ........ Gossip O_O ........... ironic, isnt it ?? but i hate it , i think its wrong, destructive , and that people who are obsessed with doing nothing better than talking all the day about other peoples lives .... weather such n such is true or not ...... weather this person should be "shunned" from their company .......... verbally pulling people apart with the knashing teeth of their words, putting them up on a pedistal as if to examine them and then tossing them down into the dust on the ground when they are done ............ i find this activity pathetic and refuse to take part in it ............ so, ironicly ......... i dont stay quiet about telling others that they SHouLD stay quiet when it comes to discussing things which will hurt others ............ does anyone feel the same way ??

[delightinginhim]

Reading this made me think of the battle for homeschooling we are fighting here in CA. I'm thinking of writing a letter to the editor of our newspaper, just one of the things suggested at ACA's meeting this past week.