Friday, I'm in love.

The week is over and I'm exhausted. Positively drained. I'm skipping nav night for the sake of History 125 and my sanity. I almost thank God that Triad is cancelled tomorrow so I can actually get some work done, and that I can't go to church since I have to do the Cherry Orchard make up. Come to think of it, since skipping prayer meeting this morning, the exec meeting on Sunday evening will be the most social Christian-oriented activity I'll be involved in this week.

The reception of truth is more important then it's explicit establishment.
Discuss.

This is my thesis for the day.

It doesn't matter if absolute truth is successfully established. It is only worth anything if it is has been consciously and deliberately integrated with the identity of the individual. God, I believe is concerned with that. If He were only interested in the estasblishment of truth in structure and in the cosmos, he would've done away with humanity during the flood, he wouldn't have allowed for the choice of the Fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and evil.

What is truth? What is the root of right and wrong? What is the basis for morality in the Christian life? - God. His nature, His being. He is the essence of truth. He defines truth. It is his character. Now look at man who has been commanded to love the Lord his God with all his Heart, Mind and Soul. Surely then, God having fashioned us after his own image would have the archetypes of the Heart, Mind and Soul. If I dare suggest, perhaps careering on the edge of pride and indulgent self-interest, that we could see His Soul, who He is as harboring the Nature of Truth and his Mind as the intelligent architect of his perfect plan = the Implementation of Truth.

And finally, and most essential to me at this point in time of my life, God's heart. We see his nature as the essence, and his mind as the constructor, where does his heart play in all this? Where is His heart focused on? I would suggest, that His heart is for the people. It was his Heart of love that kept humanity from eternal damnation. So here, His heart is the Director and Fulfiller of Truth. It is his heart that dictates the point and reason for such truth in his creation.

And it is here that I see God's desire for his Truth to be established not in churches or in christianized institutions of the State or in Religion, but rather, in the hearts of his People. And in order to do so, they have to understand and accept this truth. This understanding does not necessarily have to be cerebral or acedemic. It only has to make sense to the soul, for faith to be planted by the Grace and Gift of the Holy Spirit. God exists on a higher plane of reality, one that is more real then the world as we know it. One that is sure, firm and unambigious. And by His grace he brings us up to this reality to meet and commune with him. It is beyond understanding, and yet beyond doubt.

But in order for us to meet God there, in His holiness and extra-natural reality, He had to meet us first - Jesus. Here then, God takes the stand that it is more important to be Human then to be Godly (courtesy of Seth). Here then, we would naturally run into sticky issues of semantics and definitions that Derrida (the lately late father of Postmodernist thought) rightly ascribed that we would contend with. But I strive to make things simple. What does it mean to be Godly and what does it mean to be human? In the case of the Virgin Brith, we see the almighty God putting aside his Heavenly glory to collaspe himself into a zygote, what else could be more frail and depsensible? By today's definition, God wouldn't even make the mark that would quailfy his as a Human being. But the greatest wonder of all is God walking amongst the wicked, intimately jostling with the scum of Humanity, veiling his identity and restricting himself.

To what end? To bring Truth to the hearts of the people.

To ensure that truth can be fulilled in living hearts. Forget the establishment of right and wrong. Forget the Law. Forget the great debates pertaining to denominational conflcit. Forget the State's decision to legalize Gay marriages. Forget Marilyn Mason. Forget Abortion. Forget Swearing, Shooting up and Sex. What are we, as recievers of His grace called to do? To be like Jesus. And Jesus brought truth to the people. How? Not by damnation. Not by restriction. Not by coercion or force. But by the internal transformation of a being. A precious, living being.

My point is, it matters not what we do. But who we are. If we center ourselves on His soul and seek to understand his mind while feeling His heart. His truth will be established in our lives. It is a truth whose foundations go deeper then any institution or tradition can ever conceive. And from there we learn to live. We live in a post-modern world. The rising trend of Globalization and pluralism is something that we cannot contend with. It is the superstructure of our times and Christians had better come to a solid grasp on that. Gay marriages will happen. The family unit will disintegrate and every other Sodomic sin conceivable will become the norm in our society. We cannot waste our time away attempting to change society and these institutions. Society and institutions don't matter to God. People do.

People need the truth.

Not just stuctures, norms, values and tradition. But Real Truth. One whose essense is Founded in the Soul of God. And by His heart and Love, it will be fulfilled. By His infinite mind it's structure will be fashioned uniquely for each individual.

So how are we to live? As with how we are to love God. With our hearts souls and minds. In that way, our entire lives will be a love song to God. Fullfiled, deliberate and essential. So we know God (soul), we understand his truth (mind), and now we have to fulfil it (heart).

And this is how we have to approach people. With our hearts for they are beings, not constructions that can be won over with the sheer power of the mind. Draw them in. Engage with them. Only then will the message of truth be willingly heard and fulfilled. As Christ did for us, we have to do for others.

*deep breath*