Say It Soft

Of all the Jones children, Ava Grace speaks the least — and somehow says the most. For six years her family has treasured the way she can put the truest thing into the fewest words, because those words always came wrapped in love. But this week the love slips off, and the true things start coming out sharp. When Addison steps out one Sunday morning in an outfit she took a brave chance on, Ava Grace looks at her with those big honest eyes and says the plain true thing — and watches, for the very first time, a face fall because of her. The colors really were fighting. Being right does not help one bit. With Mom’s honey, Dad’s open Bible, and a lesson about pleasant words, Ava Grace learns that truth and kindness were always meant to travel together — and that the very same true thing can be handed over soft. Scripture: Ephesians 4:15; Proverbs 16:24 (KJV).www.pathstoglory.com