Truth

Are you committed to seeking and finding the truth even if that truth is not what you wanted to hear?

The man I was married to was more interested in perpetrating a facade than living the truth, with lies to himself and others. It was when I wouldn’t line up with those lies that we ran into trouble.

He currently lives alone in another country where the people he surrounds himself with have no idea who he really is; they are vulnerable to whatever he tells them.

When our daughter went for a visit, he actually briefed her on what she could and could not reveal. She was instructed to speak according to his lies, not the truth. The visit did not go well.

When people begin to see beyond the facade, he moves on to a new place and a new set of people, leaving behind authentic relationship and accountability.

Seeking and finding the truth even if that truth is not what you wanted to hear is difficult at best. Living a lie unto yourself and others is worse.

Seek truth.

Based on:
Love Your God With All Your Mind
Pages:106-107

Today’s read: 5/25/09

If truth really matters… then it follows that rationality is crucial to a life well lived.

For those willing to pay the price of exercising their minds and studying diligently, there is knowledge and wisdom to be found in Scripture; in the natural world and its operations; and in the accumulated insights embedded in the art, literature, and science of the different cultures of the world.

A wise life of virtue and knowledge comes to those who, with humility of heart and reverence for God, work hard at using their minds to study, to seek understanding, to capture truth.

Taken from: Love Your God With All Your Mind
Pages : 101 & 67