God Don’t Like Ugly!

Let’s call a spade a spade: when God blesses His people and others try to block or hinder those blessings, they resort to malicious attacks to disparage your name. But their conduct speaks volumes about their character. No matter how convincingly they package a deception, the truth does not bend to accommodate sabotage. 

Slander is ugly. It generally refers to false, defamatory statements communicated verbally that harm another person’s reputation. It operates in whispers in back rooms, over the phone, in the workplace, even on the playground driven by the misguided belief that dragging someone else into the mud somehow elevates the accuser. The irony? The ditch you dig for another may become your own downfall. 

In the story of Esther, Haman was so consumed with destroying Mordecai that he failed to see what God was setting in motion. While he plotted Mordecai’s downfall, the king’s sleepless night brought Mordecai’s loyalty to light. By morning, Haman was forced to publicly honor the very man he wanted destroyed (Esther 6:1–11).

Talk about the tables turning! God Don’t Like Ugly! 

But Haman’s downfall did not end with publicly honoring Mordecai. When Queen Esther exposed Haman’s wicked plot against her people, the king ordered Haman to be hanged on the very gallows he had prepared for Mordecai (Esther 7:3–10).

He built it for Mordecai, but it became his own downfall! Talk about reaping what you sow. 

The Warning: “Touch Not My Anointed”

There is a line that should never be crossed, yet some walk over it blindly.

Scripture lays down a solemn warning: “Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.” (Psalm 105:15, KJV)

When someone deliberately sets out to slander, dismantle, or sabotage another person, they risk placing themselves in opposition to the very principles of truth and righteousness they should respect. No clever spin can erase the consequences of wrongdoing.

• Proverbs 26:27 - Whoever digs a pit will fall into it; if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them.

•  Psalm 101:5 - Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not tolerate.

Truth stands on its own. Light doesn’t need to dim someone else’s torch to shine. Anything built on malice and character assassination risks crumbling under the weight of its own deception.

Beyond spiritual principles, earthly law has its own standards of accountability. A person’s reputation, livelihood and professional integrity are not free real estate for someone else’s bitterness.

• Certain false statements that harm professional reputation may qualify as defamation per se, depending on applicable law.

• Defamation can carry legal consequences, including damages when the law and evidence support an award.

• Emails, messages, screenshots, and witness accounts may help establish what was said and the harm it caused.

Words intended to destroy another person’s reputation may ultimately become evidence in their own defense.

Timeless Truths

“Touch not My anointed because the shield around them is heavier than the stone you threw.”

“The ditch you dig is the one you may fall into.”

“Gossip is a tool for those who can’t afford the price of authentic honor.”

If you're on the receiving end of slander, walk with your head held high. You are under no obligation to step down into the dirt to correct someone else’s projection. Truth doesn’t have to debate with distortion; it can outlast it.

You don’t have to fight battles in the mud when Heaven has already drawn the line in the sand. Let others answer for their own motives and conduct while you remain grounded in truth, faith, purpose and lawful action.

    |“They busy talking ’bout you while you busy becoming everything they can’t handle!”

Let them keep talking while you keep building.

A touch of love from,

Sunshine & Rainbows

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