Jan 16th, 2021: Truth Never Dies

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Sometimes I need to get away from contemporary noises and revisit some of the old writings of men and women of faith. Teresa of Avila is one of my favourites. I am going to share with you my reflections on some of her thoughts.


"Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything."


The idea that God is constant is hard to fathom at times. He is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. There has been a lot of noise in our culture(s) that tells us that God is not there, and if He is there, He doesn't care. Some even proclaim that He is irrelevant. Many recent events have bothered us. They attack the core of our human decency and undermine our commitment to integrity. We become afraid because we feel as we are losing control and have no certainty for the future. We need to learn to have patience in believing that in God's timing, all will pass. Yes, we will suffer while doing so.


"Truth suffers, but never dies."


Truth has been the biggest casualty of our time. No one seems to know where to find it. We might talk about it, but we have no common understanding of what it is. We are bombarded with information, and yet truth eludes us. Sometimes we realize that our inability to seek truth has been based on our choices to disregard God and His interest in our affair. Our lack of ability to acknowledge truth does not mean that it doesn't exist. Truth and life co-exist. Its ultimate revelation is rested in Jesus alone. That is why truth never dies. 


My prayer is that we can see the truth within one another so we will seek redemption together. The more we embrace truth, the more we gain our understanding of redemption.


Psalm 25: 5

"Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you, I wait all the day long."

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