Truth Is, Joy Will Happen if You Let It

Truth Is, You No Longer Have to Carry That With You

Truth Is, You Can Get There From Here

It’s dangerous out their.

Truth is, it’s dangerous out there. My wife shared the news University of Maryland football player died while training and the coach is under investigation for harsh behavior.

My father played football at Maryland back in the 50s. Won a Sugar bowl actually. He knew all about harsh treatment from coaches and commanding officers. 

I too played college football and can attest to the brutality and physicality of such a career. Abuse from coaches, however, I am uniquely qualified to share my experience. Physical fitness, conditioning, working out, 2 a days, drills, practice, scrimmage, stretching, weight training, physical therapy, all to become bigger, faster, stronger than the other guy. A coach that can inspire and motivate you to push way beyond your normal tolerance and still keep your trust is a very special person. Prized. I only had a few. But thank God for them. 

I knew a couple coaches who just plain got off on working his players nearly to death.

Truth is, its dangerous out there. 

Truth is, it’s possible

You are blessed and highly favored. That you are here reading this is truly a miracle. Everything you have ever done, every experience you have ever had has brought you to this moment prepared to do what’s next. Every thought you have ever had, every insight, every inspiration has grown in you a the power to imagine what is possible. Truth is, our history and experience has mostly taught us what we can not do. Our experience is often something we must overcome. When we look back it is easy to remember our failure, so easy to feel the disappointment. Looking back at our mistakes helps us to learn how not to make those same mistakes again, but may be devastating if it makes us quit trying. We must not relive our mistakes rather we should create our successful future today by knowing one thing; it’s possible. If you can think it you can do it. Knowing it’s possible fuels the imagination. Your imagination will show you the way. 

Truth is, I am blessed and highly favored

And so are you. Recently I have seen the light. This truth is sometime hard to swallow. God Loves me. He Loves you too. How does that make you feel? Do you accept this to be true? For me, I wasn't so sure until recently and I have been at this for quite some time. Over forty years ago my sister died in a horrible way. I have been asking Him ever since. If You Loved her, how could You have done this to her? If You Loved us, how could You have let this happen? If You Love me, how could You? How could You let bad things happen? 

I can't speak for Him. I don't claim to have all the answers. But I do know the truth. Truth is, there is the way we wish it to be and there is the way it is. There is the way it aught to be and there is the way it is. Things should be fair and honest and just, but they are not. Life should be easy, but it isn't. God is in the what is. God's Will is the way it is. God has given us the greatest gift known to us. He's given us Freedom. She has given us our own free will. We get to choose. Freedom begets Love. You must be free to Love. God Loves us so He has set us free. We are free to deny She exists. We are free to hate Him. We are free to worship his creation. We are free to worship idols. We are free to worship heroes or money or ourselves. But, if we choose God. If we choose to Love God our Love is true. So, He Loves us so much She let us free. He wishes to be Loved so She makes this freedom absolute. This absolute freedom subjects us to the world as it is. This world is full of meaning. This world is full of life. 

Why do bad things happen? Bad gives meaning to good. Truth is, death gives meaning to life. I have found God is the light in the darkness. God is the solace in the suffering. God is there in the grief. Seek and you shall find. Ask and it shall be given. Love and you will be loved. Seek the Light. Seek the Truth. Seek Love. And you will find God.

Truth is, this is our Universe

This may seem obvious to some. But to me, I've always thought of our world as being in His Universe. Him being the Creator of Heaven and Earth. You know, the Big Man upstairs. God. Whoever or however you see the greater power than thyself. But, recently, one word changed all that for me. When I read this word I had to re-read it twice. The Multiverse! I've always struggled with our little Earth orbiting our little star in this little solar-system. A little spec in our galaxy. And our galaxy being a spec in the billions of galaxies of the known Universe. OK. That's big enough for me. We technically can't even see it all. OK, maybe, I'll believe in a biverse or an otherverse, but a Multiverse. Please. It lends to reason then that there are probably billions of universes then too. Just how big is God anyways? I was relatively comfortable with the idea of, "God of all the Universe," but the Multiverse. Where the heck is that? Truth is, I am grateful enough to be a spec in His Universe. One in a billions. Going to leave it that for now.