Related commentaries – Control

A Contentious Wife Makes Life Miserable – Proverbs 21:1 – 21:10

A Young Woman Who Has The Sin of Gossip

A young woman asked for an appointment with her pastor to talk with him about a besetting sin about which she was worried. When she saw him, she said, “Pastor, I have become aware of a sin in my life which I cannot control. Every time I am at church I begin to look around at the other women, and I realize that I am the prettiest one in the whole congregation. None of the others can compare with my beauty. What can I do about this sin?” The pastor replied, “Mary, that’s not a sin, why that’s just a mistake!” (Jim Chapman - Sermon Central).