Truth Matters - Appendix

Tonight a friend of mine was exposed to a lie from her husband.

Tonight another acquaintance of mine was exposed to a lie from his wife.

The friend was told by her husband that he never wanted to marry her, never wanted kids with her and was desparte at the time when he first got married.  She was told the husband was scared of her physically abusing her.

All of them lies. I can attest, I have walked with them over the last 8 years.

The acquaintance of mine was told a week ago, his wife was leaving him and heading off with another man, leaving their 3 kids.

Let me tell you: AT MOMENTS LIKE THIS, THE TRUTH ABSOLUTELY MATTERS.

We are so flimsy and reckless with truth, that we massage it, overrun it, paint it a different colour, tear strips off it and try and mould it to fit our lie, but like a bouncy ball, it always comes back to it's original shape.

Truth does not change, it just is, otherwise it would defy the law of non-contradiction - and that is illogical.

Men, it strikes within me a chord so strong that until you listen to the stricken heart of a woman who has been told by a relationship counselor, that her husband of 10 years is trying to modify the truth of the last 10 years to suit his lie, it is then, that your constitution rises up to cling to Truth.  You then appreciate the foundation of truth because you know there is no where else to go.  And Jesus says: The truth will set you free.
How can a wife find answers to questions of her marriage when the premise of those questions are based on a lie?  There are no answers to those questions, because those questions have no legitimacy in the fist place....

Gents we studied Truth several Ironmen session ago, and this is why we studied it. Hold to the pursuit of truth because the alternative is the pursuit of the father of lies - Satan.