Gossip

When someone tells you something about someone else...and the person it's about isn't there...and you believe what you just heard....YOU ARE BELIEVING GOSSIP!  I understand that some things that people say are true...But, let's face it....How often is what is said 100% accurate??  Words get miscontrued and taken out of context all the time.  Sometimes people mean to twist your words so that you will come out of the conversation looking badly...Other times its just what happens after it gets passed to person to person.  I personally hate gossip!  I do not like to hear it or spread it. 
Right now in my life....someone very dear to me is believing the gossip that they heard over what I am telling them and what I am telling them is the God's Honest Truth!  It hurts my feeling and makes me very angry that this person could turn their back on me so quickly!  Makes me wonder if this person was ever really there for me to begin with:( 
So, what do I do?  I guess I just try to make the best of the situation because I know the truth and it will come out soon enough.  I just really hope that I can control my temper in the meantime!  I do not like being talked about or being called names.  But, seriously God...this is one of those times when I need your divine intervention and help me through this situation.  It has burdened my heart:/  Dear God...It's me, Donielle.....