Truth

Truth is like a tire; you can bury it as deep as you want, you can deny its existence, yet eventually it will rise to the surface.
 
I wonder if I have any appreciation for the beauty and wonder all around me.  I just received a phone call from a subcontractor’s secretary asking for a meeting.  By any measure the call, its purpose, and the timing are strange.  First, subcontractors rarely meet with the end customer without calling the general contractor first.  Second, we have had repeated meetings on the same subject, each time reaching a clear agreement followed by no action or contact.  Third, it was almost five o’clock on a almost-holiday between Christmas and New Years. 
 
It would be extremely easy to be frustrated.  After all, I have repeatedly followed-up without any results.  It would be simple to voice my disbelief to the messenger.  After all, she did represent the company.  It would be easy to vent my anger at the general contractor.  After all, he is ultimately accountable to me for the job. 
 
Yet as I listened to the voice on the telephone, I found myself gazing out on the valley bathed in wonderful shades of a golden sunset.  The colors were rich, soft, and extraordinarily rich.  The gentle wind, crisp clean air, and natural silence filled my soul with peace. 
 
I had a simple choice; accept the gift presented by the Spirit or live in an angry world of my creation. 
 
The paradox works both ways.  Sometimes we receive warnings only to deny the truth and live on in fantasy.  In one instance, “Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, ‘Good.  If God says so, it's good.’  Within himself he was thinking, ‘But surely nothing bad will happen in my lifetime.  I'll enjoy peace and stability as long as I live.’”  (Isaiah 39.8) 
 
Today, you and I will see and experience truth.  It’s all around us.  We have a simple choice; embrace or reject, accept or deny, travel with God or live in a world of our creation.  I choose to live, embrace, and accept.