Speaking the truth in love is one of those skills I long to have. It’s a skill that incorporates both the holiness and mercy of God. It requires wisdom to not only tear down, but build back up.

I find it lacking in my life and in those around me. It’s actually quite interesting to see how everyone is a believer of truth, but forget to couple it with love. I’m just as guilty.

Paul says in 1 Cor 13:

1 If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b] but do not have love, I gain nothing.

I gain nothing. It’s a sobering thought and a good reminder that our service, our speech, our knowledge is nothing if it is not in unity with love. My hope and desire for fellow Christians… not just in the public, political sphere, but even in the private and more personal sphere, to couple your speech, your gifts, your knowledge, your service, your giving with love. Because without it, we gain nothing.

May God continue to bless you in all areas of life.