2008 Woodie Awards
Make the Savior's truth your personal reality
By: Ben Stevens
Issue date: 1/30/08 Section: Opinion
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Then, consider this: there is no such thing as reality.
Everything you perceive to be reality is nothing more tha
Webster's defines reality as, "All the experiences that determine how things appear to you." I propose that reality is nothing more than your perceptions and pre-conceived notions.
Now that your mind has this concept of reality, I am going to give you something else: reality and truth are not inter-changeable. Reality is what we interpret.
Truth is just that: truth.
So, your reality is false. My reality is false. My reasoning is that anything outside of the truth of God is a lie. God is the ultimate truth. I think everyone can agree with that.
So if we take The Bible and our faith literally, we have to assume humans are flawed and living in a false world of their own making.
How do we go about changing this?
The problem with that is we can't do anything on our own, but by living in the truth of God, we can do a better job of keeping our reality from interfering with our work in Christ, including our interaction with other people.
So let's recap: your reality is false. You have no clue what truth is.
So, stop relying on yourself.
God does know. So, let him handle it. You don't have the time or the intelligence to worry about stuff.
Keep living for God.
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