~The Only Answer...is CHRIST~

When the Bible says, in the Book of Proverbs, "Wounds from a friend are faithful...yet the kisses of an enemy are decieving.."

Why is it, we get so easily offended when a Christian friend, sister or brother rebukes, corrects or chastises us? The word seems harsh, hard to bear, hard to swallow... it becomes easy to make a friend an enemy by being offended by what they may say- But I guess we need to learn the art of "speaking the truth in love..." , and we need to be willing to take a good honest look in the mirror... and we need to get real with ourselves and with the LORD.

We need to use Jesus' words as an example - He being the embodiment of Love - is The Example we should pray to follow.

How can we represent love and truth these days, when people don't want to hear it?
How can we convince sinners and backsliders and the unsaved that what they're missing is the Love of God- and that it's the ONLY THING that can heal their hurts, fix their broken hearts, can be THE ANSWER to their question(s)...can satisfy their hungry souls.
How can we show them that God's love is sooo Wonderful??
How can we show them... He is all they need?
And that He is just...waiting for them to Believe.....

I praise the LORD, because He is the Holy One. I praise the LORD, because He is Faithful. I praise the LORD because He is truly great!
So Be It, AMEN.