The Truth

What is the truth and where can we find it? Well I can tell you for sure where you can’t find it. You can’t find it on the nightly news on your tv, not on Instagram, Facebook and definitely not TikTok. Not YouTube, not Spotify. There is only one place I know that you can find the truth, the actual truth, without a doubt, without fail, and that’s in the Holy Bible.

It’s been a week since Charlie Kirk was murdered and I think I’m moving from that stunned, sadness to the calm, curious stage of grief. I don’t even know if that is a stage or what order they even go in; I only know how I’m feeling. Some would find it strange to even be talking about grief at all, for a stranger. There’s been some posts online about that if you are interested you can search for it because I’m not going to go into it.

I’m still so incredibly sad, definitely angry, but also calm. It feels like that strange, eerie calm that comes before a storm. What’s next? Good question because I sure don’t know. I know I’ve been more focused on reading my bible, I’ve started journaling again, I’ve been spending dedicated time each day for worship. No matter what I’m doing around the house lately whether it’s work, cooking, showering I’ve been keeping various worship channels playing on my phone. It’s helped me tremendously.

Earlier this week the song “Rise Up” by Andra Day came on my playlist, not exactly a Christian song, but it’s also all in how you interpret it. For me it always feels encouraging and as I listened it struck me that word I was singing over and over again was rise; essentially the key component to the name of this blog.

According to google Arise means to get up, originate or come into being. The a is an Old English prefix that can indicate direction or form a verb. The base word of rise means to get up, ascend or become higher. I honestly don’t remember exactly when the name for this blog dropped into my spirit but I do know it wasn’t specific to this blog; I just remember God telling me to Arise & Glow.

Okay so now that you had that little backstory I’m sure you are wondering my point. Well the point is that I learned this week if you just slow down once in a while and throw on some worship music, God WILL speak. Because as I was singing those lyrics this week I got a gentle nudge of a reminder that there was a purpose to this long ago vision and I did in fact have the ability to rise up!

One of the reasons that I always tend to step away from this space is that it’s hard for me to write without wondering what someone might think. And it’s not even strangers I’m worried about! It’s people I know, either friends, family or acquaintances. Maybe someone I once worked with or went to church with. Those who are on the subscription list who will get this in an email no matter how long it’s been since they subscribed and maybe forgot.

The one difference though is that the person I was when started this blog is miles away from who I am now. I’m much more outspoken, my views on many things have shifted and changed, I’m much more willing to put my opinions out there into the world. Today during my worship time I was quickly reminded again about this vision and perhaps calling placed on me as I sang “The Truth” by Megan Woods. If you have not heard it, please go listen now, because WOW! Once of the best worship songs ever in my opinion and such a wonderful reminder that I am my Father’s child, I am loved and THAT is the TRUTH!

I have no idea what’s going to happen in this world next. I have no idea what’s going to happen with this blog. I have no idea what exactly it is that God has planned for me. What I do know is that He is the truth, the only truth, and now more than ever I want to keep reading His word, keep praying and keep trusting Him for what’s to come.