February 22, 2013

if

I am afraid to speak the truth, lest I
        lose affection,
    or lest the one concerned should
        say, 'You do not understand,'
    or because I fear to lose my
        reputation for kindness;
if I put my own good name before
       the other's highest good,
then I know nothing of Calvary love.
 
                                    Amy Carmichael