This
week we finish our 50 Days of Love series and what an incredible journey it has
been. The focus Sunday will be Love
Speaks the Truth. Many of us have spent years hiding who we are and have
become very good at speaking anything but the truth. We know how to divert a
conversation to another direction, talk in generalities about the people we
love, and in the name of politeness, avoid telling people things they need to
know for fear of offending them.
Of
course not all follow that path. Some of us are brutally honest. We speak
before we think and we tell it like it is. Much like the skunk we talked about
a few weeks ago, we spray people verbally as we let it rip. We may feel better
but we stink to those who hear us and wound people in that process.
As
followers of Jesus, we are called to speak
the truth....in love. That requires us to move from either extreme to a
place more in the middle. Like the other subjects we have examined during this
series, speaking the truth in love is something we decide to do. And then we
practice doing it until it becomes second nature to us.
Join us Sunday for some specific steps you can take to
make this change in your life. I promise to have a short sermon so we can enjoy
the music of our special guest, Shawn Thomas. Invite someone to join you, and
offer to stop by and pick them up or meet them somewhere before church. I know
God has incredible blessings prepared for us and I hope you come and get your
blessing!
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