Proverbs 24:26 (NIV)
An honest answer
is like a kiss on the lips.
Sadly, we live in a culture where speaking the truth is like a kick in the gut. Either we are overly sensitive in receiving the truth, or we are careless and insensitive in how we express the truth. Both are wrong. The church is to be filled with relationships where we are able to speak the truth in love to each other and have that be as sweet as a kiss on the lips. We thank God for brothers and sisters who are willing to speak truth to us, even when it may be something we don’t want to hear. Do you tend to be overly sensitive in receiving the truth, or careless and insensitive in speaking the truth?
Here is today’s Bible reading: Jeremiah 6:16-8:7; Colossians 2:8-23; Psalm 78:1-31; Proverbs 24:26.
Like the Apostle Paul, I want more than anything to know Christ (Phil. 3:10). I do not want to simply know about Him. I want to know Him-- personally, intimately, and experientially. It is not enough for me to hear about Him. I want to see Him with my own eyes.
With My Own Eyes 
Lori Lincoln
October 6, 2012 at 12:22 pm
I have learned so much about “the right way to love others with my speech”, since coming to First Baptist. And in the process, learned the true meaning of HUMILITY. And although I am closer to the practice of humble speech, that always blesses and never tears down, my desire to always be “proving myself” takes me down a notch everyday. Fortunately the Holy Spirit gets me right back in the game. “)