Kindness....

Everybody knows Proverbs 3:5 Trust the Lord with all your heart, and don't depend on your own understanding.  I've been reminded of this verse often over the past year....with a close friend loosing her husband, another close friend being unemployed, another close friend struggling through the first year of marriage (children being involved in each of these situations).  Then of course in my life as two of my three grandparents are struggling health wise.  I've prayed and I've sang the song Blessings by Laura Story to remind me that God is in control so often.  Yet I've never looked at the context that verse comes in.  So...onto what this post is really about lol  Proverbs 3:3 Don't ever forget kindness and truth. Wear them like a necklace.  Write them on your heart as if on a tablet.  Wow!  We are taught as little children to always tell the truth...and we should always tell the truth.  But what comes before truth in this verse????  The word KINDNESS!  How important is it that are kind with our words and the truth we tell?  The truth is so important but maybe we need to work on not letting that get in our way of loving and being compassionate when telling it!