Pray the words of this Lazaroo aloud, with single-minded faith:

“I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will have nothing to do with us. So if I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, gossiping maliciously about us.”
(3 John 1:9-10)

This is a tough one, Jesus –

gossip
slander
backbiting

directed at me.

You know better than anyone…

it’s not that I don’t deserve it.
I’ve got it coming.

I’m flawed
damaged goods
an easy target.

But life is hard enough

without someone slamming me behind my back
while I’m desperately trying to move forward

to get back on my feet

just hoping somehow
to put one shaky foot in front of the other

in the right direction.

So maybe You sometimes allow me to get a taste of how it feels
to be hacked up by critics

so I won’t do the same thing to others.

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Leviticus 19:16; Psalms 15:1-3; Psalms 31:13-15; Psalms 41:6; Psalms 119:23; Proverbs 10:18; Matthew 7:12; 2 Corinthians 12:20; Galatians 6:7-9

What is Lazaroo?

Take Me Deeper

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.