I am so tired of people listening to rumors and innuendos and then making speculation. I've heard that one of our area churches is worried because a former pastor may start another church nearby. I've heard that I've forced people to leave our church because they didn't agree with my philosophy of ministry. I've heard more gossip about other situations other than me and mine in the past week and for the first time in awhile don't feel I've got a target on my back.
Let me say this to every person reading this and please get this straight-Truth is the only thing that matters. Not what I say about somebody or you say about somebody, unless you can put truth to the matter. But guess what? Truth really doesn't matter to most people anymore. They want the juicy stuff and usually the truth doesn't have much juice.
What is truth?
-Truth is what you have infallible evidence for in making a declaration.
-Truth is not what you always see with the naked eye or hear in whispered conversations. It is what is exposed out of darkness and brought into the light by proof.
-Truth is not wild speculation brought on because of jealousy or fear on the accusers' part. It is reality that is backed by fact.
-Truth is not your opinion in a letter or behind a telephone receiver, it is a face to face confrontation of level-headed individuals, not hot-headed freaks.
Jesus said, "You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free."
If we spent more time finding out truth before we speak, then things would not affect us so badly because nobody would be using deceit against us. Wouldn't that change the world just a bit?
So if you can't speak the truth, just simply be quiet and let God do what He wants to do about it. Man has already proven he would rather believe a lie than the truth-but God is different. Give Him a chance and you will find out what happened to truth. It's never gone anywhere-you just haven't been looking for it!
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