Truth hurts...but it heals

The truth hurts...but it heals. It's hard to listen to a loved one address the parts of you that you would rather ignore. They aren't trying to tear you down; it takes guts to fight for authentic love as God designs. Passivity in a relationship poses as being concerned and not wanting to cause conflict; the real issue, is there's not enough truth in the relationship to handle conflict. Truth must exist or the relationship cannot grow and develop. Love covers...it does't deny the unresolved issues in the relationship. Love cares enough to risk you being angry; knowing with confidence that healthy and godly relationships must be established and built on love and grows stronger and develops with truth-anything less is settling. The truth hurts...but it heals (James 5:19-20). 10/30/12CIFL-LMM