There is a new game show on TV called; "The Moment of Truth". Contests are asked personal questions and offered money for every correct answer. The further the game the more personal the questions get. As the family looks on the contest is faced with; to tell the truth even if it might hurt for money or, to stop before the truth gets too painful.

The truth can hurt, and truth can be very confrontational. The truth of the Bible isn't always easy to swallow. For instance; no matter what someone has done, even murderers can have forgiveness and salvation as a free gift. That one in itself is a brick wall of bad reasoning. We often think justice is better left up to us humans. Only those that deserve freedom should gain it. Only those who have lived a good life should be given eternal life. Sometimes the truth of God sounds like foolishness. (I Corinthians 1:18)

Are you in a search for truth? If you are, I warn you not to figure it out alone. Remember that there will always be someone smarter than you are. "Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true." - Demosthenes

You need a compass to find your way through the thick woods of relativism. I hope you start with the Bible. I hope you can start with a faith that every word God has spoken and written in His word is the compass that leads to truth itself. God alone is the author of truth. (Proverbs 1:7)

When you seek truth in the words of God it might hurt a little. It might contradict the things that you desire most in life. It may cause a struggle between what you have heard is right and what it says is right. As I have read the entire bible I have learned more about God and myself than sometimes I wanted to know. But, the words of God have brought life and purpose that no other wordly truth was able to match. Even amongst the truth of God I may not like I find a fresh start on life and the support of a God who loves me no matter what.

"Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. " (Psalm 86:11)

I don't want a divided heart between me and God. To know truth I must search out the creator of all truth and I must trust and live in the words he speaks.

-Josh