Let’s step away from defending the faith, and look at our everyday speech. How do your listeners tend to be affected by the way you communicate? Some of us tend to supplement uncomfortable truth with exaggerations or flat out lies in hopes that we will promote heath. Some could care less about health and just want to get a burden off of their chest. Ephesians 4, gives us the perfect balance of “speaking the truth in love”. In other words, God calls us to address and uncomfortable truth in such a way that it builds up, or edifies the other party. This doesn’t mean that every time you speak to an individual, they walk away feeling wonderful about themselves. Rather, every time you open your mouth, you have the other person’s good in mind. May we consider the good of others and be thoughtful about the words we choose in our daily communication.