Wednesday, January 1, 2020

The Christian counts the enemy as his friend.

 Truth fights its battles 
even when those battles are lost.
 We didn't come 
to earth to love just the ones who love us, 
but more to love the ones who don't.
Truth speaks in a hollow auditorium 
as loud as it does in a full one. 
Truth does not consider whether its message 
will be heard. It speaks to an empty auditorium as loud as it does to a full one. 
Truth offers itself not for glory, 
but for wisdom.
Truth disregards whether it will be accepted

  Truth often disregards whether it will be heard, whether it will be accepted. It does not back down to those who shame it. As someone once said, it goes forth boldly and nobly.
 Truth is not always welcome. If it challenges those things we currently believe, and challenges our alliances we already have, we reject it.
  But, it speaks, the same. It often does not demur. There are times truth assesses the battlefield, and determines not to make an entrance, knowing the battle is lost. But, at other times, it determines it will live with those losses but must go to battle, the same. Truth fights its battles, even when the battles are lost. It knows the enemy, and it knows the enemy will sometimes be stronger.