Many people have no one who loves them enough to tell them the truth. That\u2019s because it\u2019s easier to say nothing when others are messing up. But it\u2019s not the loving thing to do! <\/p>\n
The Bible says, \u2018Giving an honest answer is a sign of true friendship.\u2019<\/i> (Proverbs\u00a024:26\u00a0CEV) Usually we know what needs to be said, but fear keeps us from saying it. However, if you knew the brakes on a car weren\u2019t functioning properly, would you allow a loved one to drive it? No? Well, in a similar vein, Paul writes, \u2018If someone in your group does something wrong, you who are spiritual should go to that person and gently help make him right again.\u2019<\/i> (Galatians\u00a06:1\u00a0NCV) That\u2019s what \u2018spiritual\u2019 people do! <\/p>\n
More often than not, when an issue arises that might cause tension, it\u2019s glossed over to preserve the peace. We don\u2019t want to ruffle any feathers, so it never gets resolved. Here is how Paul addresses this: \u2018Stop telling lies. Tell each other the truth, because we all belong to each other in the same Body.\u2019<\/i> (Ephesians\u00a04:25\u00a0NCV) <\/p>\n
Now let\u2019s be clear here. Frankness doesn\u2019t give you licence to be rude and say whatever you want. Thoughtless words can wound people. \u2018Never use harsh words when you correct an older man\u2026 talk to him as if he were your father. Talk to younger men as if they were your brothers, older women as if they were your mothers, and younger women as if they were your sisters.\u2019<\/i> (1\u00a0Timothy\u00a05:1\u20132\u00a0GWT) <\/p>\n
Bottom line: when a difficult issue comes up, caring means getting involved in an honest and loving way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Many people have no one who loves them enough to tell them the truth. That\u2019s because it\u2019s easier to say nothing when others are messing up. But it\u2019s not the loving thing to do! The Bible says, \u2018Giving an honest answer is a sign of true friendship.\u2019 (Proverbs\u00a024:26\u00a0CEV) Usually we know what needs to be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1740"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1740\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}