Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Truth & Peace

It is incredibly hard to find peace without a life of truth.  Have a child, they will show you.
If you are not living your own understanding of truth, you cannot be followed or believed - which leads to an unsettled life of lies.
Today's world calls this concept, "being comfortable in your own skin."
I call it, simply - real.
What do you really believe?  What do you really live by?  Who are you, really? Why are you here?
These questions aren't always answered at the same time.  Sometimes it is a long, winding journey that arrives at some place of understanding and insight.  Many Christians struggle with the journey.  They hang their hat on a piece of the truth, but don't have a love for the pursuit of truth.  You cannot fully comprehend the look of an elephant by only seeing the ear.  No, you smooth your hands over the ear, feeling each wrinkle until it leads you to the neck and so on.  It is the same with the pursuit of truth.
My experience and study has led me to believe that this journey of pursuing truth is where the peace is stored and available to all.  Each time my fingers run over a new area of study and understanding I become aware of another piece of explanation.  Not for the purpose of the great "ME" puzzle, but for the purpose of the Great Story of life.
It is a beautiful gift to receive peace through the path of truth.  It is free.  The closest the world has come to marketing it and packaging it for the mass market is the Chronological Bible.

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