“...speaking the truth in love...” Eph.4 NIV
It is quite obvious that one does not have to spread lies to hurt people, sometimes telling the truth is enough. But hurting people is a contradiction of life's true purpose. Every person is given to every other person to help them in the way, not hurt them. Telling the truth about someone is gossip when the result damages them in some way. We are encouraged to speak the truth but when it involves something negative, we should speak it first to the person involved. A friend always tells a friend the truth even if it hurts but such hurt is for healing just as cutting is necessary for the surgeon. If I speak about someone let it always be to their face and not to someone else. 6/22/2011 Conversations Within ts (Oak Mountain, AL)
Just me trying to be honest with God.
