1. #Truth ~ What truth are living by? Whose truth are you believing?
Truth is a hard word to understand in my world. Because many things are taught to be truth, and yet when I can finally sit down and examine them against PURE TRUTH, I find that I am lost.
You see years of changing churches has seemed to bring inside of me a level of what I believed to be truth. A mountain of ideas which are based in PURE TRUTH. And the process of sorting and sifting thru each idea in the jumble of ideas is not an easy task. It is a painful task that requires my submission, not to my parents or my husband, but to a God who desires me to Crave Him more than anything else. And yet in order to be able to Crave God with a heart undivided... I must face the process of examining each and every idea that I have been taught. And I am coming to realize that until I can make peace of my mind with what is really Truth... The few things I desire are being kept just out of my reach.
And I am finding that currently is my truth with eating. In trying to find a path that is listening to God, I am finding that ideas from my childhood are tainted with things that are not true. Things that might have been a good idea when I was a child. But as an adult... submission for a child might be always doing what your parents ask of you... but is it what as an adult with my own child that I should do for my parent? These are the questions that I am search with God to find the TRUTH in all the teachings and memories... Memories that have to be tested against what God desires. And in that... the Truth is still being revealed each and everyday to me as I learn. And the hardest part of this learning is opening my heart and sharing the stories that are buried so deep, and seem to be held together with the pain and emotions that I am currently struggling with in this world of Truth Seeking... but I will keep seeking... So that I can Crave God and have the full TRUTH inside of me for all to see...
I can feel your pain and fully understand how vulnerable we are when we open ourselves up for all to see. I pray that we all accept the truth that is shared and rely on God and His infinite love and grace to see us through. Thank you for your post today!
ReplyDeleteMary
Jessica, great inspiration on Truth today for your OBS sisters (and this Compel sister too). Thanks for sharing - have a great night!
ReplyDeleteJessica, testing and approving God's perfect will for your life, is no small thing. That you are choosing a path of greater obedience is an honoring act toward our good God. I pray He blesses that desire and that he reveals His Truth in your life, both as a parent and as a child more and more.
ReplyDeleteMissy (OBS Blog Hop Team)