Gentle Harshness

I have never fully understood how gentle our God is, untill this morning. Sure I knew He was gentle, but the fullness of that came to me today. YHWH revealed something to me this morning, something harsh, something that I needed to work on, needed to change, yet He showed me this with such gentleness. If the same word was given to somebody who delivered it to me and I didn't hear it directly from the LORD, I may have reacted with bitterness or being hurt (which isnt the best reaction Im sure) but coming from the gentle spirit of God this harsh word didnt hurt, rather it motivated me to change.