When I despair, I remember that all through history the way
of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and
for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think
of it--always.”
Mahatma
Gandhi
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling
lies.
Psalm
34:13
You will know the truth and the truth will set you free
Jesus
(John 8)
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the truth is not optional
you cannot have love without truth
you cannot have justice without truth
you cannot have peace (true peace) without truth
you cannot have joy without truth
Jesus talked a lot about truth
“I am the way, the truth, and the life”
mostly he talked about truth to those
who had their own version of the truth
and had a stubborn inability to see the real truth
mostly he talked about truth to those
who were the religious leaders of his time
to those who had the power and the wealth
for they could not see the truth
or at least could not accept and speak the Truth
when it stood in front of them in human form
Jesus: “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me
will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Pharisees: “Here
you are, appearing as your own witness; your testimony is not valid.”
Truth is not optional
Without truth there is no life
Without truth there is no love
Without truth there is no unity
Without truth there is no nation
Without truth there is no church
When we exchanged the truth for a lie
When we start to make power and wealth
When we start to make an ideology
When we start to make a person
More important than Truth (God)
and more important than the truth
everything falls apart…. (use romans
and we do what not ought to be done
instead of being filled with Truth
with the energy of God
we abandon truth, destroy truth
and we become empty
and empty
grasping, and gasping
desperate souls
who never have “enough”
but must always seek more
more wealth, more power
no matter what the cost to ourselves
to those around us
to our nation
it is time for a “fearless moral inventory”
not an inventory of others
but an inventory of ourselves
“am I willing to accept the truth”
not the convenient
not the comfortable
not that “truth” that fits my ideology, my agenda
but the truth?
“am I willing to speak the truth”
even if it is hard
and may cause people to reject me?
“am I willing to live the truth”
in who I support
how I love
who I welcome?
it is possible to come together in love
love does win
but love is always accompanied by truth
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