Honesty. [ James 3 v17 -18 ]

Many years ago a person who was involved in the discovery of George Best told me I was useless at football, I suppose he was being honest, mybe I needed to hear that. I am sure we do need to be honest with people, to tell that person their faults, or do we?. Ephesians 4 v29, reads, /Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them/, and Ephesians 4v15 tells us to,/Speak the truth in love/. Honesty said in an unloving, unthinking , uncaring way, will help no one,we need to be careful with our supposed honesty,that we dont destroy that person we are being honest with, that should never be the Christians desire. In being honest let us remember,that our motives are often ill placed, and often the best thing to do is ,love the person and pray for them, and say nothing. [ Dear God forgave us for our unloving and unkind honesty, help us when we have to be honest, to be motivated by love for that person, and to remember it is not our task to be cruel in order to be kind, in Jesus name Amen ]