A friend of mine recently shared a blog with me of a girl named Kristen. On her blog, she shared her testimony to the journey that brought her to Christ through drugs, alcohol, eating disorders, sex, and so much pain. Her story is a beautiful picture of who Jesus Christ is and what he means for the world. I've inserted a small portion of what she wrote below. The quote that begins the excerpt comes from a priest who asked her about her faith and then gave her a time of confession (she was confirmed into the Catholic Church).
“You have to realize that when given the choice between you and Jesus, God chose you and put Jesus on the cross.” I accepted the forgiveness and freedom God had been trying to give to me for the past two years. I didn’t stop smiling for weeks. A peace like nothing I have ever experienced flooded my soul. I was confirmed into the church the following day and received communion. The night after my confirmation, the Lord came to me in a dream with the words “Come here.” I woke up, and for the first time in my life, I knew that God loved me; not as a concept or a church teaching, but as the only truth there is. I saw my soul as God sees it, looked back over everything that had ever happened to me and because of me, and understood that it didn’t matter. I became a new person in that moment, in more ways than I will ever be able to explain to anyone.
"The only truth there is." That is Jesus. He is the truth.
In my theology class, we read an article written by Robert H. King who said that the only thing we can really be certain of is that we are certain of nothing. In the debate concerning truth and opinions, this statement seems to be valid; however, when I read testimonies and stories like Kristen's (above) I am reminded of the one truth that I am certain of. I believe that Jesus is The Truth. As Kristen wrote, He isn't a concept, an opinion, or a teaching.
We spend so much time attempting to find answers to questions of the Bible or putting fact into our opinions, but I think that sometimes we get caught up in questions rather than the one answer we can really know to be true.
Could a question ever be more meaningful than an answer?
ReplyDeleteThat is an interesting statement. I know that I, for one, often get caught up in questions since I have started taking Religion classes and developing my own faith. I think it is refreshing to hear that sometimes it is important to value the answers we do have. Questions are great, but sometimes it is nice to just enjoy the conviction of God's love for us and the truth of a life in Jesus Christ.
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