Continuing my lenten study....
"Truth is radical.
To abide completely by the truth in every situation in our lives is incredibly difficult. It requires both the heart of a saint and the diplomacy of an experienced ambassador. Every day we are tempted in dozens of ways to have a casual relationship with truth. Many situations emerge each week in which we are tempted to ignore the truth, or bend it, or stretch it, or massage it, out of political correctness, a desire to be liked, expediency, or convenience.
But Jesus didn't have a casual relationship with truth, and that is radical. He was interested in getting to the root of things. Through this lens of truth Jesus places everything in its proper place, bringing order to every aspect of life, and demonstrates the true value of things. We all yearn for the divine ordering. The challenge is to surrender and allow God to put our lives in order. The fruit of surrender is the peace and joy we all desire.
Jesus was a radical. He reminds us at every turn that God's ways are not a slight variation of man's ways, but that they are in fact radically different. Embrace any one of Jesus' teachings seriously and some of the people around you are bound to think that you are taking it a little too far. His teachings don't invite us to the mediocre middle. They invite us to a radical love."
Sending you all lots of love.
Go change the world. Do it for Elijah.
Thank you
I love you I love you I love you.
Always.
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