TRUTH
Speaking in truth can be very complicated as you have to keep track of what truth you are living by. Speaking truth from God’s point is as simple as speaking from our heart, our mind, and our soul – without giving thought – resisting temptation to fabricate and calculate the things we talk about. LEAP OF FAITH
Take the leap and put yourself at risk and start by taking baby steps… It requires courage to do so… so be courageous. For example, remember when Jesus walked on water; it wasn’t super powers it was super belief in God; to that end, Jesus put himself at risk many times for the greater good of humanity. By believing in God he was able to resist all temptations. So putting ourselves at risk makes sense because Jesus asked us to be like him. Jesus wants us to model after him although he knew not to expect perfection from us. Jesus understands our nature but he decided to move on and allow prophecy to be driven by compassion. Modeling after Jesus is important because we are the spotlight of ourselves; that is, “we have to be mindful of our own behavior” and become responsible and hold ourselves accountable for our own behavior. Because our behavior will always be picked up by those who look up to us. We don’t have to be a fanatic to model after Jesus, we just have to believe that we can be the model – living for the greater good – by placing our heart, our mind, and our soul in a positive and constructive place – God’s hands. To model is to take on the courage; likewise, the way Jesus had courage by believing as he walked the earth – teaching and facing challenges.
WHO WILL YOU TRUST
Often we get labeled by people (ie: our spouse, our siblings, our friends, our parents, our in-laws, etc…). When this happens – chances are great that we truly are the person we have been labeled. These are characteristics about us that we alone are not capable of seeing or knowing on our own. Living in truth is identifying ourselves and allowing others to identify us. For example, if we have been called a liar, chances are we are a liar. If they say we are disconnected chances are we are disconnected. If they say we are not engaged chances are we are not engaged. These attributes are characteristics of evasion and avoidance when we can not listen to others opinion. How others see us is how we truly may be in character and living in truth is to accept someone close to us inform us how they see us – in character – that is living in truth. But what a pill to swallow when we view those same people the same way as they see us. By faith we must love others as we love ourselves and by faith we must trust in God so to guide us with a righteous truth so that we can navigate ourselves in confidence. So we have to be careful who we will trust as Jesus asks us only to trust in God. Trust in God so that the teachings you learn are of substance. Take time to ponder to reflect from within so to see ourselves in a different light, other than our own.
Acknowledging God’s truth is how we learn to characterize reality. When we allow others to describe us through their eyes (i.e.: our parents, our friends, our spouse), we get a perspective about ourselves through the eyes of others. God provides us with good judgement so hearing how others describe us is not an issue; look at ourselves realistically and asking ourselves are you the person as described by someone else – At birth God blesses us with good judgement. This judgement becomes better, stronger, mature,… over time when you have a relationship with God. The reality of characterizing ourselves is dependent only on how well we are able to incorporate God’s knowledge and the knowledge of others into our life. Those people closest to us, people in general who have a relationship with us. These are individuals who see our actions day-in and day-out under everyday circumstances and under daily pressure. This information is invaluable as it provides us with insight on how we are doing among people; as a result, the information gives us insight how to fine-tune our character. In addition, it potentially provides rewards by way of relationships.
God’s truth is the cost of staying connected, and engaged, speaking life’s matters truthfully from God’s point of view and speaking life’s matters truthfully by our every day realistic experiences. Over time truth has a way to grab fiercely onto our hearts in a way that we cannot break free from it; as a result, the rewards are unique blessings to each of us. God works among all of us who believe in him. He’ll provide for us as we act on his word and his teachings; for example, a moral compass is one way he’ll provide for us. By this, he blesses us with insight, both implicit and explicit. Insights that would take a life-time a non-believer to learn.
DOCUMENTARIES
I attached the video to illustrate how facts and truth can be manipulated. Manipulation is a major problem in relationships, in people, around the world.
Next video is Titled compassion and the true meaning of empathy. I attached the video because, well, I just liked her message, no other reason.
The next video – he talks about objective truth, realistic truth, relative truth and God’s truth. His insight on truth is quite interesting.
When you understand the dynamics of truth you can easily identify when truth is manipulated. I recommend that you watch the entire video – you won’t regret it.
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