Speaking the Truth

I don't know aboutyoubut sometimes it is hard to tell the truth. If someone asks you how old they look? If someone asksyouifthey look fat? Do you always tell the truth? Some people say that we need to always speak the truth. The eighth commandment says to not bear false witness against our neighbor. But Luther turns this into saying things nicely and not ruining people's reputations. But if I can not tell someone I love they look fat, how do I protect them from others ridicule? If I can not tell someone I love the truth about the problems they face how will they ever learn? Maybe the lesson we learn is to let those we love always learn the hard way. Teaching the dumb kid he is smart. Telling the fat girl she is skinny (not to say she can't be beautiful). How do these things help? How does it help to tell our kids there is no score in the game, when they know who won and who lost. But here is where the rubber meets theology, we live in a world that teaching kids they are all equal and have the same talents and abilities. The church seems to teach sinners the same thing. We are all sinners and thus, nothing we do really matters. Well mabye not entirely, at least nothing we do wrong matters. Some people hope that their good will out way their evil, but why not try to eliminate the evil. We need to be able to tell people they are gluttons. We need to be able to tell people they are sluts, or adulterous. We need to be able to tell the truth about the reality of our sins. You are a sinner and so am I. I therefore confess my sins and try as I might to not repeat them. But if you do not know your sins, how can you try to avoid them. Tell the truth about your sins, and your neighbor's sins. Thank you

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