Words of the Week – Speak the Truth in Love
August 4, 2021
As people of God, we are to speak the truth in love. This is not always easy. In 2 Samuel 12: 1-7, after King David had committed adultery with Bathsheba and thought he had concealed the matter, God’s prophet, Nathan, approached King David and helped him to see that he had sinned and that God knew it. Approaching a king in those days with an accusation was a delicate matter. One could be relieved of his head! Nathan approached King David with a parable. He said to the king, “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and