Some people can't handle the truth. When they hear the truth, though it pertains to them, they refuse to accept it. They, instead, get upset and begin to take their anger out on the one who told them the truth.
The truth is hard to accept sometimes. It hits us in a sensitive place, making us feel hurt and humiliated. But the truth is not meant to harm us. It is meant to convict us; to show us where we are wrong so that we can make it right.
The truth is meant to set us free.
So, why do we run from it? Why do we rebel against it? Why do we get upset when we hear the truth?
Instead of taking offense to the truth, we ought to accept it. We ought to tap into that mature place within us that yearns for growth from correction.
The bible warns us that it is stupid to hate correction and a fool hates those who corrects him (Proverbs 12:1, Proverbs 15:12). But he who heeds and learns from life-giving correction is counted among the wise (Proverbs 15:5, 31).
We shouldn't be sensitive to the truth. We should receive and accept it. Letting it grow and develop us.
If we are wise, we would accept the truth. And let the truth set us free!
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