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Speak the Truth Even If . . . — 16 Comments

  1. Very interesting! This same dilemma came up with two of my friends this week over setting 2016 goals (and realizing they had to set some boundaries with family members on their availability). Tell the truth even if your voice shakes…excellent advice! (So is the “don’t be mean about it.”) Sometimes it feels like a fine line there!

    Happy New Year, Karen!

  2. I had to smile when I read your subject! Just this morning I read a page in a book a close friend gave me: “Swing High, Life Lessons from Childhood” by Anthony Gunn. The subject is: “What are you like as a liar?”
    We teach our children that honesty is the best policy, yet we cringe when a child says to their grandmother, ‘My mum says you are mean’. This is a little off the subject you have here but it still seems “related” somehow.
    Karen, Charles’s friend, Fontaine said: ” If you always tell the truth you do not have to remember what you said”. makes sense to me!
    Thanks for these great thoughts and ‘reminders’!
    Love and best wishes to you. Margaret

  3. Thanks, Margaret. I like what Fontaine said. Bless his heart. He was a loyal friend to Charles. Maybe they’ve connected again on the other side.

  4. Very well said, Karen. “Don’t say it mean,” is a good reminder. I’m listening to the CD’s of the apologetics conference and one of the speakers reminds us that we don’t study apologetics to “sling it to them,” to win the debate … but wisdom tempers truth with love, so HOW we speak is the other part of the equation. Thanks for your good post.

  5. Oh this is so true! Tone IS everything! It conveys love, trust, condescending attitudes and respect! You are right about no words too and not giving advice unless asked. I am going to join you in your quest, especially with my grown children!

  6. I find speaking up very challenging. My words often come out too bluntly, despite efforts to phrase things acceptably. I’ve been praying for “courage to change the things I can,” which involves honesty, and to learn to convey the gentleness I intend. I’m learning. This is a great challenge for 2016!

  7. Karen, I have been in trouble so many times for speaking the truth, but it’s better to be in trouble with man-kind than with God.

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