BEING GENUINE IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCE

WELL I'VE BEEN MULLING OVER SOME THINGS AND WAS WAITING TIL I KNEW JUST HOW TO GET THEM OUT RIGHT. SEEMS PEOPLE NATURALLY WILL NOT ALWAYS GET ALONG WITH EACH OTHER WHETHER IN FAMILY OR FRIENDS. IT'S JUST THE WAY THINGS ARE AND HONESTLY, IT ONLY MATTERS WHAT GOD THINKS, NOT ANYONE. SOMETIMES IT'S A AGREE TO DISAGREE THING, SOMETIMES IT'S ALL YOU CAN DO TO SHUT YOUR MOUTH AND NOT SCREAM AND OTHERS WELL, YOU TAKE IT FURTHER, AND WELL, DO SCREAM. BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DO DECIDE TO APPROACH SOMEONE OVER SOME ISSUES THAT HAVE LAID ON YOUR HEART? WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR BRETHREN AND IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT APPROPRIATE OR THAT YOU JUST FEEL STRONGLY AGAINST ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S A HEALTH OR SAFETY ISSUE, YOU NEED TO SAY SOMETHING, BECAUSE IT'S OUR DUTY TO HOLD OTHERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS IF THEY GO AGAINST THE WORD. I WAS WATCHING A VEGGIE TALES MOVIE THE OTHER DAY AND IT SAYS AT ONE POINT, SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED TO GET INVOLVED AND STEP IN. YOU SAY WHAT YOU NEED TO, IN THE RIGHT MANNER, NOT VICIOUSLY OR BRUTALLY ATTACKING THEM, THAT PUTS THEM ON THE DEFENSIVE AND THEY FEEL SLAUGHTERED. YOU DEFEAT YOUR PURPOSE IF YOU ARE DOING IT OUT OF ANY REASON OTHER THAN GENUINE CONCERN OR LOVE. LISTEN, BE HONEST. IF YOU DIDN'T CARE YOU WOULD HAVE NOTHING TO SAY AND THAT PERSON WHO IS ON THE INSIDE, IN THE SITUATION MAY NOT SEE THE WAY YOU SEE THINGS. BRING UP YOUR POINTS, CALMLY AND RATIONALLY. DON'T FEEL GUILTY, YOU ARE NOT PERFECT YOURSELF, AND NEED TO REMEMBER WE ALL MESS UP EVERY DAY. JUST MAKE SURE THE ISSUES ARE INPORTANT ENOUGH AND EXPLAIN WHY YOU FEEL THIS WAY. YOU CAN HAVE MORE RESPECT FOR SOMEONE WHO IS LOOKING OUT FOR YOU, WHO JUST WANTS YOU TO STAY TRUE TO YOURSELF. You can change your clothes, change your hairstyle, your friends, cities, continents, make sure these things don't change you though because, sooner or later your own self will always catch up. IT CAN GO GREAT, OR TERRIBLE. BUT LET ME TELL YOU, IT REALLY BRINGS OUT THE TRUE PERSON, HOW MATURE AND GROUNDED THEY ARE, AND WHAT THEIR IDEAS AND PRIORITIES ARE. IF NOTHING CHANGES, YOU'VE DONE YOUR PART, WALK AWAY LEAVE IT. IT'S NOT YOUR LIFE. JUST DON'T LET THAT DISCOURAGE YOU FROM BEING HONEST AND TRUE TO WHO YOU ARE. THERE ARE ALL DIFFERANT KINDS OF PEOPLE. IF THEY GET MOODY AND BROODING AND CARRY IT OUT AND CARRY IT ON IN THEIR MEMORIES FOREVER, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO JUST PRAY ABOUT AND LEAVE IT. IF THINGS CHANGE, PRAISE GOD HE IS WORKING AND PEOPLE ARE CARING AND HELPING AND NOT IN THIS LIFE FOR THEMSELVES. WE ARE HERE TO HELP EACH OTHER. THE CIRCLE CONTINUES AND LOVE GOES ON. I HAVE HEARD A COUPLE FRIENDS TALKING ABOUT DIFFICULT ISSUES AND FELT WE SHOULD ALL BE HONEST AND TAKE A CHANCE. THIS MAY NOT HAVE ALL COME OUT PERFECTLY, I LEFT LOTS OF FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS OUT PURPOSELY, BUT I SAID SOME THINGS I HOPE WILL MAKE SOMEONE THINK. IT'S A NEW YEAR, A NEW BEGINING, SOMETIMES IT HAS TO START WITH YOU. LIKE I SAID PEOPLE ALL HAVE DIFFERANT PERSONALITIES AND WE ARE ALL CREATED BY THE ONE WHO FINDS US ALL "WONDERFULLY MADE". DON'T BE CONSUMED BY WHAT OTHERS SAY OR THINK ABOUT YOU, JUST BE YOU AND THE TRUTH WILL ALWAYS REVEAL ITSELF! GOD KNOWS YOUR HEART AND DON'T BE AFRAID TO LIVE AND LAUGH AND LOVE, YOU ARE ACCEPTED, STAINED AND ALL.