Kindred,

Truth, love, peace, kindness are not novel ideas.

Yet, when someone speaks the truth, people act like it has never been done before.  

It is considered refreshing and novel.  

The same can be said for kindness.  

Acts of kindness are considered rare and hard to find.  

Fellowship in love and peace happen in illusion only with the same kind and even then not without criticism of judgement or snickers of some kind.  

Pure love and peace in fellowship of acceptance and understanding (without judgement) is considered rare and hard to find.  

How can this be?  

Are we not called to love thy neighbor as self? 

Stand with the truth, for the who is Christ, but the way, truth and life (John 14:6).   

When we have problems with the truth, we have problems with the Lord or rather we are the problems away from the Lord.  

Lies are sinful and deceitful and no matter the lie, you cannot hide from the Lord.  

To deal in lies, only removes you from the truth and from the Lord.  

Truth, love, peace, kindness are not novel ideals.

And it should not feel as if they are.