I decided to record a special episode in honor of Valentines ❤️❤️ Day...
Like most children, my kids love sweet-treats…Specifically, ice cream. They undoubtedly got this from me. Being the good parents that we are, we allow them to enjoy ice cream as a treat fairly regularly. While we have restrictions in place to limit how often they are allowed to have ice cream…
Recently I suspected my youngest daughter might be helping herself more often than that…One day after calling her name a few times with no response, I noticed her coming out of the utility room in our basement where the freezer is that we store the ice cream. Now I already knew the only reason she would have been in there in the first place was to pilfer the vanilla drumsticks she loves so much but when I point blank asked her what she was doing…She responded with an immediate denial of any wrong doing. As she got closer to me, I could see the chocolate residue on her face so I asked again…”Honey were you sneaking an ice cream cone when you shouldn’t be?”…Again steadfast denial.
After staring directly in her eyes and in total silence she finally teared up and admitted that she had just consumed the ice cream cone (probably in record time). Now I’m sure the truth surfaced in this case as my daughter knew she would likely get in more trouble if she didn’t come clean…But bear with me as I am only using this story to scratch the surface of something far deeper in the world right now.
In today's episode I will share what 'Truth" is and what it is NOT...More importantly I'll be sharing Why and How we can speak Truth in Love to those around us.
Ephesians 4:2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
Matthew 18:5-17 15 If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. 16 But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ 17 If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
James 5:19-20 19 My brothers and sisters, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring that person back, 20 remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 2:21-24 21 To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. 22 “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.” 23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. 24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”
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