Sowing seeds of discord

🍯Sowing seeds of discord

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦and in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria , he said, “What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble —burned as they are?”

Nehemiah 4:2 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Sanballat could have insulted the Jews in his private quarters where only a few people are present. But he chose to do it in front of his associates and the army of Samaria. He did this to sow seeds of discord in their hearts. Our words have the power to create a positive or negative impression about a person.

Potiphar's wife turns Potiphar against Joseph

We see that Potiphar's wife said evil things against Joseph in front of the entire household and Potiphar. She calls them and tells them.

🔴she called her household servants. “Look,” she said to them, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us!

Gen 39:14🔴

Potiphar trusted Joseph so much that he entrusted his entire household to Joseph. But the words of his wife turned him against Joseph. He took him and put him in prison.

 Seeds of discord in the family

❌There are six things the Lord hates—

no, seven things he detests : a person who sows discord in a family.

Proverbs 6:16,19❌

Are we sowing seeds of discord in our family by painting bad images of a person?

When a woman continues to say bad things about the man's family to the man, he will begin to get a negative image of his own family! I have seen this with my own eyes!

Who is at fault? The woman! May we never be the reason for sowing seeds of discord in families. It is something the Lord detests! May we be very careful in the words we use.

Am I painting good images? 🎨

We always delight in beautiful paintings. Given a chance, we would paint only good scenes. But why do we paint bad images of people to others? Let us make a conscious effort to not say bad things about others!