What is Truth?

The interview process always brings up a whole different world of experiences only encountered every few years when it's necessary to find work or some other random reason. What kind of question is 'what are your strengths and weaknesses'? How am I really to respond to this? Especially when you work for a church, it seems like you should be good at limitlessly expounding upon your sins and not able to talk about what your good qualities are... that's humility right? But then that's a whole different blog for another time.

On to more unusual and difficult questions. One of today's grillers, I mean interviewers (actually they were all very nice and welcoming!), asked me what would I do if someone asked me what is truth?

I had one of those Holy Spirit moments, you know the ones where you hear the words coming out of your mouth and everyone around you is nodding with what you're saying, but your brain isn't actually computing the words? So here was the wisdom that came pouring out of my mouth but has kept ruminating in my mind all day:

Truth is a person and that person is Jesus Christ. To know truth you must know the source of it. To know truth is to know Christ. To know Christ is to know truth. The more we seek truth the closer we come to Christ. That is why I always have hope that when someone is not living fully in the life of Christ (like any of us really are?) but it still searching for truth, I have the assurance that they are on the path towards Christ. Even if they are an athiest, if they are really searching for truth and continue in that search, they will find God at some point. (Hopefully before they die). But first, truth has to change our lives.

Truth is unchanging, eternal, always right. My beloved Lord never changes, will always be and always has me right in the palm of his hand. So today, I will seek truth, I will seek Christ.

Change; it's not just for the bottom of your pockets

It seems that my life, in a matter of a few weeks, may be flipping itself totally upside down and inside out. Even blogger has changed their site in order to make things a whole lot more cool looking... but I digress. Change is hard. I can't count the number of times that I have heard this over the past few weeks. With that comes the inevitable comment about God's plan and change coming out for the good.

Just for one moment, I would like to have a moment.

In an effort to cheer me up, most people don't want deal with the emotions swirling at the surface and waiting to burst forth. Change isn't just about the new, the exciting, the hopeful. Don't forget the side orders of fear, grief, surrender and even some pain. But for those with whom I meet sometimes I wonder if they don't want to deal with it. For some, being in a tough spot only reminds them of how close they can get to where I am, where I live 24/7. So they try to cheer me on, to boost my spirits by trying to encourage me to think about the possible.

But just for one moment, I need to have a moment.

In the midst of this, I found out why I keep some friends so close, because they are willing and waiting for me to have that moment, or many of them for that matter. They're even willing to let me have it in their presence, in all it's teary, ugly, sobbing glory. Just knowing that makes my need for the moment a little less.

So in the midst of job changes, relationships, possible moves, new family members and all sorts of other healing, I'm going to give myself a moment, maybe two, and if you are reading this and it happened to be on your shoulder, my profound thanks. To the God who is willing to listen to my questions and understand those sighs too deep for words, you have my heart.

ps. DISCLAIMER - I'm not talking about anyone in particular, but know that if you know someone in a similar difficult situation this might be where they are.