And whoever does not provide for relatives, and especially for family members, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Let a widow be put on the list if she is not less than sixty years old and has been married only once; she must be well attested for her good works, as one who has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the saints’ feet, helped the afflicted, and devoted herself to doing good in every way. But refuse to put younger widows on the list; for when their sensual desires alienate them from Christ, they want to marry, and so they incur condemnation for having violated their first pledge. Besides that, they learn to be idle, gadding about from house to house; and they are not merely idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not say. So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, and manage their households, so as to give the adversary no occasion to revile us. For some have already turned away to follow Satan. If any believing woman has relatives who are really widows, let her assist them; let the church not be burdened, so that it can assist those who are real widows.

1 Timothy 4:8-16

How many people do you know what "gad about" town, spreading gossip and doing no one any good? Think of a bee hive. Drones are like that. They fertilize the queen bee and go from hive to hive. They are noisy and they are all bluff. They are non-productive and in the fall each year, the worker bees will kill each one of them. None survive. Are you a worker bee or a drone? How do you want to be judged?

God’s house should be a hive for workers,

not a nest for drones.

Our Daily Bread – April 29, 2004