Love is strong but it can also be fragile. Everyone wants to be treated tenderly, and it is so easy to forget that when we strongly disagree.
When we see things differently, gentleness should guide our speech. Emotionally havoc usually comes not from the issues that divide us so much as from the things we say and do because of the issues that divide us.
From personal experience, it is often the simple things that we disagree about. Learning how to disagree with love is so important.
The love challenge in any situation is first to recognize a person's love and innocence, and then to speak from that perspective. It is not our disagreements that causes wounds, but our criticism, attack, and blame that causes wounds.
Until we know we are solidly on loving ground (walking in love), past the temptation to even subtly blame, we should be very mindful with what we say and how we say it. Words can cut and words can heal.
Much love,
Joseph
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