In our times, people generally do not like truth, especially when it regards themselves! Truth tellers are vilified as "Haters" and but those who blow kisses and flatter are embraced as friends. We have lost the ability to hear hard things and thus gather around us those who tickle our ears. Christian, be willing to say hard truths in a loving manner to those around you. Love demands this. But also be willing to take hard truths. "Faithful are the wounds of a friend..." Proverbs 27:6a