Every human act leans somewhere.
Some choices rise toward the good—
because their very purpose
brings life.
Others bend toward harm—
because their purpose
turns away from love.
Our fatih teaches:
the object of the act matters.
What we choose
must always be ordered
for the good of all.
Paul stands in this integrity.
He says,
“I did not shrink
from proclaiming
the entire plan of God.”
Not boasting—
bearing witness.
He loved them enough
to speak every joy,
every mercy,
every warning,
every call to repentance—
nothing softened,
nothing hidden.
Paul becomes a mirror.
Because each of us—
parent, teacher, friend, minister—
is entrusted with someone’s soul.
The question is not,
“Did they listen?”
but
“Did I speak Christ
with love,
with courage,
with the whole truth
for their good?”
As for me,
I never want someone
to stand before Jesus and say,
“Deacon Bill didn’t tell me.”
Jesus prays,
“This is eternal life:
to know You,
and Jesus Christ
whom You have sent.”
So today we ask for grace:
to speak His truth with tenderness,
to carry His Gospel without fear,
and to love His people
with clean hands
and a courageous heart.
