Remember that our Bibles are filled with wisdom and instruction on how to present ourselves to others in a Christian like manner. First, we must “speak the truth in love,” and we should remain humble, knowing we are not without sin ourselves, and we should not regard our ourselves highly. James tells us in chapter 4 : “Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger…”. Our communications require us to think first, guard our hearts, filter out emotion and anger, which leads to rash communication. But we should never be fearful of offending as an excuse to speak the truth.