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Subject: {dbilg} Caring means Confronting! devotional from streaming faith
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Caring Means Confronting!
Bishop E. Earl Jenkins
"An honest answer is a sign of true friendship." Proverbs 24:26 (TEV)
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It's much easier to remain silent when others around us are messing up, but
it's not the loving thing to do. Most people have no one in their lives that
love them enough to tell them the truth, so they continue going the wrong
way. Usually we know what needs to be said but fear keeps us from saying it.
"An honest answer is the sign of true friendship." Sometimes caring means
confronting!
Paul writes, "If someone in your group does something wrong, you who are
spiritual should go to that person and gently make him right again" (Gal 6:1
NCV).
That's what 'spiritual' people do! The trouble is when an issue pops up that
might cause tension, it's immediately glossed over in order to preserve peace.
Mr. 'Don't-rock-the-boat' jumps in and tries to smooth everyone's ruffled
feathers, the issue is never resolved and everyone lives with an underlying
feeling
of frustration. "No more pretense. Tell...the truth. In Christ's body we're
all connected to each other...When you lie to others, you end up lying to
yourself"
(Eph 4:25 TM).
Now frankness is not a license to be rude and say anything you please.
Thoughtless words wound people. "Never use harsh words when you correct an older
man, but 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" (1Ti 5:1-2 GWT). Bottom line: whether in
a marriage, a friendship, a church or a business, until we care enough to
confront and resolve the underlying barriers, we'll never grow close to each
other!
Bishop E. Earl Jenkins
O. Addison Gethers
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