“And ye shall know the truth and the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” – Jesus, in John 8:32
There are so many aspects to truth.
Oftentimes when people talk about truth, what they mean is ‘I’m so full of truth that I need to set you straight’. Today let’s explore truth in our own hearts.
It’s so acceptable to not be truthful in our hearts that we might not even think about it. If someone disagrees with our world / political viewpoint, then they are immediately labeled as some derogatory category. It’s almost a sport to make ourselves feel morally superior to some other groups of people. That is not loving your neighbor.
It is sometimes expedient to exaggerate to try to make our point – and of course dimmish the other person’s point…and maybe even try to dimmish the other person. Again, that’s not loving your neighbor. It might be tempting to take a little bit of truth and add to it. Statements like ‘everybody thinks…’.
Being truthful doesn’t mean you have to set other people straight. On the contrary, it means you have to be honest in your heart and receive and accept truth, even when it’s not what you to be. Maybe those people you disagree with do have some valid points.
Can an evil person have good in them? Can a good person have evil in them? Our minds don’t like ambiguity, takes a lot of mental and emotional work to admit it.
Let’s make sure we keep our hearts and minds open to truth.
“Jesus saith unto him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” – John 14:6