What Does That Even Mean?

What does it mean to walk in the truth?

I am sure each of us might answer that differently.

Rather than my stating what I believe it means to walk in the truth, I think thoughts about fruits that cannot but be understood as anything other than the antithesis of walking in the truth.

I think of times I have not walked in the truth.

I think of God’s mercy and gentle fetching back of me and those who wander but seek to walk in the truth.

It is a hard path. Surely our feet of clay stumble, falter…but always there is the Rock.

I think of the role, modeling, nurturing and more that surrounds motherhood.

I think of the role, modeling, nurturing and more that surrounds fatherhood.

I think of marriage and yoking.

I think of the holy sanctity and the desecration.

I think of sons, and daughters.

I think of contempt.

I think of narratives and judgements.

I think of the vicarious living and acting out of one’s own loathings and uncleanness of heart, mind and soul.

I think of proxy wars,

I think of horrid chess games,

I think of no-win situations and zero sum games.

I think of the dishonest,
I think of the blame-shifters,

the finger-pointers,

the projectors and the

self-deceived.
I think of apples,

I think of seeds,

I think of trees,

I think of fruit.

I think of many things.

But mostly, I think of many losses

And I think of audacity….

I think of stiff-necks and

dark and hardened hearts.
I think of God.

I think of Rubik’s cubes.

I think of misery and hell.

I think of beauty,

and I think of hope, prayers and unfulfilled promises and dreams.

I think of discouragement – deep, deep discouragement.

I think of God’s power and

I think of human will, resistance…and…and…

Contempt.

I think about disrespect, ingratitude and…and… contempt.

I think of repentance and
and I think of…I wonder….what does it take to convince someone to walk in the truth?

I think of forcing, compulsion and coercion and I am heavily-drenched in my soul

with loss, and weights, and dismal anger…as I behold that God does not act in this way.

God forces no one to…

walk in the truth.

I think about Adam, I think about Eve…

I think about the Garden and

how far from center we all dwell.

I think of heartbreak and

irrecoverable damage.

I thing of wrongs and piercings…and Jesus.

I think about Cain, and…

I think about Abel.

I think about mothers,

I think of sons and

I think of brothers.

And of course,

I think about fathers…

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