The Voice of Truth

In recovery I have learned that “You are only as sick as your secrets”. I have always had a strong sense of faith even from childhood.   I enjoyed going to church, reading the Bible, and studying and thinking about religious and spiritual things.   I still do.   I am not exactly sure where all of that came from.   I am sure some of it came from my mother who had us kids go to church fairly regularly when I was growing up.   Some of it came from my own curiosity—things I had read or heard on television, radio programs, etc.   One thing I am sure of is that deep in my heart I knew that God existed, that He loved me, and He implanted in my heart a desire to know Him and have a relationship with Him.   I instinctively knew that before I was formally taught about it from God’s Word.   I believe that is true for all of us. However, I was also vividly aware of the apparent conflict between my spiritual desire and the desire of my flesh.   The in...

Just yesterday, I was reminded that no matter how carefully and thoughtfully I plan my day, God sometimes has a few surprises for me which I believe are designed specifically to teach me something about myself or to grow me spiritually in some way.  By all accounts the day was typical, until I arrived home for lunch to discover that the water heater in the garage was leaking.  There was water in the garage closet where the water heater is located, on the floor of the garage, and I subsequently found water in the house in the closet of the master bathroom and into the bathroom.  Needless to say, this situation produced a certain amount of anxiety on the one hand, but on the other hand, it gave me an opportunity to trust God, to put into practice letting God be in control of my life.  So I proceeded to thank God for the situation and ask His guidance on how to respond.  I called a professional plumbing company and was told that they would page a tec...

I Believe… What I believe already may be apparent from what you have read thus far.  I believe in the same God who spoke into existence all that is, who moved across the face of the deep at Creation, who created the first man and the first woman, who parted the Red Sea for Moses and the children of Israel.  My God is sovereign, holy, righteous, all-knowing, all-powerful, and present everywhere at the same time all of the time.  He is bigger than even can be imagined.  There are aspects of God I will never fully understand in this lifetime nor even in the life to come.  God created me for His enjoyment and for me to fellowship with Him and to worship Him.  Jesus Christ is God!  He is the Son of God who laid aside his privilege as God to come to earth as a man so that He could identify with each and every one of us (and that includes me).  He chose to endure ridicule, taunting, torture, and ultimately death in order that he might ...

There are a lot of voices in the world today.  Political, social, economic, religious voices (to name a few) are all screaming loudly to gain an audience and a following.  This can be very easily verified simply by going to any bookstore and observing the myriad of different opinions and viewpoints represented by the various literary offerings on the shelves.  You can turn on the television and click through the channels to find even more varied topics to feast upon.  Not a day goes by that I don't hear from the media about a lot of different opinions on government and politics, social and lifestyle issues, religion and spiritual concerns, and any number of other issues on which we crave perspective.  With such a wide array of perspectives on all of these issues, it is easy to become confused, or complacent, or even angry.  All of those reactions can intensify (depending on your own personal views and to what extent you hold them) as t...