What If It IS True, that ...

 The topic of this blog is challenging for me to write about due to the nature of the subject matter. I suspect that your initial reaction to the heading was one of curiosity. "What" is it that is 'not your fault', or mine. Let me start by asking you a question. Do you believe that you are responsible for the choices your children and their children make? Well, this is a subject matter that I have struggled with for many years. I will start by briefly discussing my own parents. I do not blame my mother for choices she made that may have negatively affected my life. Nor do I blame my father for not being present at all in my life until I was six years old, and then, only with a limited and unsustainable scope. And without any notable positive influence. I think that both my parents did the best they could with what they had in terms of their mental health, emotional maturity, etc. I am grateful for the other positive adult role models in my life including teachers, coa...

 What if it is true that it is okay to hate INJUSTICE... but is NOT okay to hate PEOPLE!  There is NO place for hatred of any people. "God created man in his own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female he created them." Genesis 1:27. You may choose not to believe this, but it doesn't make it less true just because you refuse to see it. All people deserve the same justice, void of prejudice. You do not have to like someone, or things that they may have said or done to stand up for what is right. For example, I would be so bold as to suggest that there is a serious dilemma going on with an unnamed jury in New York that is in the process of deliberating over the fate of an unnamed former United States President. It is my opinion and from my distant but ongoing observations of the "going's on" in the courtroom, that said jury in question is being put in a corner between the clichéd rock and hard place. Do these jurors convict a man of hearsay ...

Some years ago, someone had the idea to take God's sacred rainbow and "create" a new meaning for it. The rainbow was never intended to be associated with who a person prefers to have sex with. It was given to us by God who made a covenant with Noah as a promise that he would never again flood the earth.  Then God told Noah and his sons, "I hereby confirm my covenant with you and your descendants, and with all the animals that were on the boat with you - the birds, the livestock, and all the wild animals - every living creature on earth. Yes, I am confirming my covenant with you. Never again will floodwaters kill all living creatures; never again will a flood destroy the earth."  Then God said "I am giving you a sign of my covenant with you and with all living creatures, for all generations to come. I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of my covenant with you and with all the earth. When I send clouds over the earth, the rainbow will appear...

 What if it is true that TRUTH just is?!  We all have personal belief systems that may differ from those of others as well as overlap the beliefs of others. We make choices based on many different reasons, some and often many of which have to do with what we believe. The word "truth" is normally considered to be associated with "facts", what is "real" or "actual" ( Truth Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster ). Our beliefs can be influenced by others and sadly they may be based on falsehoods or twisted reality. The word "believe" according to the Miriam-Webster definitions ( Believe Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster ) has several similar yet distinct definitions. I encourage you to be familiar with them as you read this Blog on TRUTH. I "believe" (suppose, in this case) that if you are reading this, that you too are a seeker of the truth as I am, or you simply have some lingering questions concerning what is true...

What if it is true that YOU should MOVE out of the USA... OR repent of your ignorance, seek truth, and do away with your foolishness??   If you do not like the values that this country was founded on, then LEAVE  If you do not want to obey the laws of the land, then LEAVE   If you do not believe that ALL people should be treated with respect regardless of their skin color, their, faith or their height (yes, I said it because of how ridiculous people are behaving) then LEAVE If you think it is okay to threaten people because you do not agree with them, then LEAVE If you think that there should be one set of rules for you and another set for someone else, then LEAVE   Seriously people, with all the craziness I have seen depicted on Ivy League college campuses around the country, it seems as if there is an epidemic of insanity (or maybe more realistically, demon possession). There is no doubt that things happening in this world right now of are of Biblical proportion. I...