Be Kind

We do not have to agree,

Nor must we see eye to eye,

But polite, that we can be

If we want to, if we try.

Nastiness is immature.

Slandering, it has no place.

Insults, they are like manure

Being slapped onto one’s face.

Why must you dig in the dirt

Just to try to make a point?

Can’t you find a kinder way,

Or must you be out of joint?

Speak the truth, but speak in love.

Don’t put on your boxing gloves.

We can speak without a fight

If we learn to speak it right.

This not saying compromise.

This not saying to back down.

This just saying, be mature,

Learn to differ, not put-down.

Being nasty goes nowhere.

Being spiteful makes no sense.

Being hateful only hurts

Others who you may resent.

Truth is kind, though, tell it well.

Speak the truth and not the lies.

Tell how we must now repent,

And on Christ we must rely.

Love does not mean alter truth,

Pacify the caught in sin.

Tell how we must obey God,

And our sins we must relent.

An Original Work / April 28, 2025 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love