Friday, April 07, 2006

End of Truth

A man chose a path which seemed better than its alternatives, clean and bright and full of life. The path was pleasant and proved a wise choice. Along the way he met a companion to travel with, whose company proved far more pleasant than any path without it. His traveling from then on became far less about the path beneath him and far more about the companion about him.

I do believe that God is true and can therefore withstand inquisition. However, while I also love truth, I do not honestly feel motivated to rebuild the foundations of my belief in God when its legitimacy is challenged. This lack of motivation could be the result of fear, if either God was untrue or if my belief in God as true was without full [or “enough”] confidence. This lack of motivation could also be the disconnect between the vehicles of Truth and of God, as ends in themselves.

There are two roads one can walk by that will end at God: Truth and Goodness.

If one seeks for that which is true for the sake of Truth (regardless of what one may find to be true), one will come to know The Existing One, God.

However, once one travels by way of Truth to God, they will come to know why the road is to be traveled, and may [without embarrassment] abandon traveling for the sake of the road for traveling for the sake of Him who the road lead to.

The end/goal/destination of Truth is not Truth itself [that which is true], but Him who is true, God.