Do you not have someone in your life you can tell anything to, anytime, anywhere? That one person who listens with eyes wide open, closed mouth and extended heart. If you find that person, you have found a rare gem. That is because by our very nature we are scrutinizing, judgmental souls. Characteristically, we can always be counted on to peel back the layers on others. Critique, analyze, evaluate, assess, appraise, value, condemn, review, study, commentate, and expose others. We can do that. We can accomplish all that, and all in the name of "I figured you would rather hear it from me than from someone else." How thoughtful of him or her. However did any of us make it so far in life without this person, who so graciously came along for seemingly no other reason than to be there to let us hear what only they can tell us like none other?. What a delight. In truth, it is not the truth that terrifies me, it is the truth teller. Whatever happened to being my brother's keeper? We live in such grave times. Cut throats.
Because we are so lightning quick to demean the flaws of our brother it is no wonder he is so slow to come out from behind himself. So he stays tucked away, lost inside himself, never daring to step out and ask for help. He is so afraid his brother's keeper will turn out to be just like Cain. Recall Cain slayed his brother Abel.
I believe in telling the truth. But I want to hear the biblically inspired truth. The kind in Ephesians 4:25. Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body.
If we are all members of one body then we don't try to hurt the body. We go out of our way to put healing into the body. Healing comes from grooming, nurturing, consoling, supporting, caring, satisfying, uplifting, dealing and fulfilling what is inside the body. And we do this because as one body we know to treat others the way that we want to be treated in that body. Quite simple isn't it?!
Speak your truth through a lens of love and helpfulness.
Because we are so lightning quick to demean the flaws of our brother it is no wonder he is so slow to come out from behind himself. So he stays tucked away, lost inside himself, never daring to step out and ask for help. He is so afraid his brother's keeper will turn out to be just like Cain. Recall Cain slayed his brother Abel.
I believe in telling the truth. But I want to hear the biblically inspired truth. The kind in Ephesians 4:25. Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body.
If we are all members of one body then we don't try to hurt the body. We go out of our way to put healing into the body. Healing comes from grooming, nurturing, consoling, supporting, caring, satisfying, uplifting, dealing and fulfilling what is inside the body. And we do this because as one body we know to treat others the way that we want to be treated in that body. Quite simple isn't it?!
Speak your truth through a lens of love and helpfulness.
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