Truth...

"What is truth?" a Governor once asked a famous Man. A question that still resounds in our world today.

Truth. A word which takes a mere second to speak, yet an eternity to understand. 

Each of us has a truth buried deep inside, given to us to tend, feed and grow. 

Some do not take care of this "seed" and it becomes twisted, a grotesque form that barely resembles the original. This twisted form does not bring life with it. It invades and spoils other's truth. It seeks to muddy the purity of healthy Truth. It will never bring life, wholeness, goodness. It can only tear down and destroy. It has a name and that is....lie!

We have all been at the mercy of this twisted form, at one time or another, in our lives. It has touched us with it's filth and sought to bring us down. Some have succumbed and fallen but others have battled, fought the good fight...... and won! Some are still battling. 

It is too easy to get caught up in a web of deceitful muck, to be weighed down by untruths, to be barraged by exaggerations. The desire to get clear of the mire is strong but one can feel like they are sinking in quicksand. Hitting out at the lie is like punching out at gossamer. Fruitless. The lie will parry and thrust and score another vital point in it's battle to destroy.

If you are one of these take heart! Truth is there inside you. Waiting to be accessed! The lie is a toothless lion. It roars but it has no real power. It only has the power that we give it. 

Imagination builds up the lie and makes it appear unbeatable, but allow TRUTH to rise and the muddy becomes clear. The roaring toothless lion becomes a small buzzing fly. Irritating but manageable.

What is TRUTH? It isn't man-made. It isn't what makes us "happy" or puffs us up to be better than an other. 

Truth is what makes us real. The One who made us has also place Truth in us. 

 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. 

Ecclesiastes 3:11

New International Version - UK (NIVUK)

It may take an eternity for us to understand Truth but we have not been left alone. We have that seed inside. Find it, hang on to it, protect it, feed it and keep it healthy. Grow it, use it.... BE IT!

My! This has been a rather heavy entry!  Time for some words from some favourite characters. If you want... and I only say IF...

The two Queens looked at each other, and the Red Queen remarked, with a little shudder, ‘She says she only said “if”—’

‘But she said a great deal more than that!’ the White Queen moaned, wringing her hands. ‘Oh, ever so much more than that!’

‘So you did, you know,’ the Red Queen said to Alice. ‘Always speak the truth — think before you speak — and write it down afterwards.’