Cheryl

Kim,
You are exactly right! The truth needs to be spoken with love. I was just reading last night in Jeremiah and he said that he had spoken to God on behalf of the Jews. It was the same Jews who hated Jeremiah and tried to kill him and wouldn’t listen to Jeremiah. Jeremiah acted with love towards the Jews and gave them the messages from God. It wasn’t until all avenues had been closed and the Jews stopped their ears from hearing and set their hearts towards only doing evil towards Jeremiah himself after having the truth preached to them, did Jeremiah ask God to give the Jews what they deserved. This is the type of attitude that shows that the message is from God. When we rip and tear at the sheep without any sense of love, how could we possibly know the message is from God? Yes, it is the truth spoken with love that proves it is from God and proves us as a true messenger of the Great Shepherd.