December 9, 2013 - "Shades of Truth"

I know many of you have walked through the past three years with me as my inner, "healthy adult self" came to life and took control or my unhealthy life. January 24th will be my 3rd year health birthday. You may find that odd that I keep up with this date, but living means everything to me. Most of my life, I began my day with several different medications to help me "live" and I spent the rest of the day abusing what little health those meds offered me. (vicious cycle!) The real longing to live emerged when I finally made the decision to be healthy and never look back. I do still take vitamins and herbs, but that is a far cry to my other journey. Amen! I don't know about you - but I need some sunlight. These past, five gloomy days are beginning to mess with me. UGH! Light is critical in so many ways - both naturally and spiritually. I was praying about a situation yesterday and the constant emphasis was light and truth. I am a firm believer that so many spend their lives living in shades of truth. And sometimes, if we're honest, we have probably found ourselves in the "I prefer not to know the truth" group. I gotta be honest - I have. I hear parents of teens say frequently, "if mine are doing that...I don't want to know." Ever heard that? I think in my stupidity, I have said that on occasions. Ever heard, "what they don't know won't hurt them." REALLY? I have been thinking about this in my own life and my own journey as I am convinced that knowing the truth, intimately, equals freedom. For many years I would "occasionally" read an article about health or listen to what some healthy person would share. But for me - in my mind - it was unattainable and therefore could never be "truth" for ME. How many of you know that just because you can't see something as true in YOUR life doesn't mean it isn't true? How many years did I hear others speak about the value of water and smirk as I drank my diet coke with aspartame? TOO many. How many years did someone say, "if you could just lose 10 pounds, you could start coming off some of this medication." TOO many. I need the truth about life in order to navigate well. The truth offers me light which allows me to see in those darks areas and around dark corners. Actually we all do. And, we need it sooner than later. I was thinking about the Titanic this morning. By the time the captain received the information that an iceberg was in front of the ship, it was too late to adjust and thousands of people suffered. I am convinced that a portion of our daily petitions to the Lord should be asking for HIS truth and light in every area of our journey. And then we need to make the changes quickly. The truth is not always easy to see or hear, but to me, it brings the greatest chance of a healthy future. If the news of the iceberg in front of the Titanic had been received earlier, a course correction could have been made and the events of that night would have been very different. One of my constant prayers is to ask God, "show me Your truth in this situation and what am I supposed to learn from walking in this truth." As TOUGH as that prayer is, I hate the darkness and icebergs! I don't need my own understanding or truth, but supernatural and divine revelation. You need some? It's as simple as asking. This week is gonna bring illumination to several of you in some areas. Praise God for that! PK