I’m very particular and sensitive about how words are chosen and spoken.
I try as much as possible to be very careful with how I tell people things.
But to be honest, sometimes the people pleaser in me can mince words. And there have been times I’ve been guilty of walking away from someone without telling that person the whole truth or at least the hard truth.
I’m not proud of those times and I try my best now to always speak the truth in love.
But there are certain people in my life (thank God for them) who don’t mince words with me.
Who don’t sugar coat their correction. Who don’t spare me the pain of the truth for the sake of caring for me with tough love.
These people, I consider to be true and genuine.
If not for them, I would still be blind to some of my faults.
This is just one aspect of pakikisama that can be ugly. When we don’t tell the whole truth because we’re being careful about the relationship we have with that person.But when we really care about someone, shouldn’t we want them on the side of the truth?
That’s what we’re talking about today.
Conviction.
As you wait for us to begin, I invite you to think about the times when you stood up for the truth despite what it would cost you.
For each of those times, I pat you on the back and say, “Good job.” The ability to stand firm on our convictions is in all of us.
Let’s ask God to bring it out even more through today’s message.
Have a great time!
In Him,
GEORGE GABRIEL
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