the three headed monster of truth

My last post stirred up a lot of conversation. If you didn’t get a chance to read it, I’d love to hear your thoughts. Anytime you dive into things involving more than one person you always run into what I like to call “the three headed monster of truth”. Real truth; like Jesus died for your sins and loves you more than you know; has only one side to it. Ultimate truth is just that. It either is true or it isn’t. The problem with relationships with people is that it’s never that simple.

My Dad always told me: “There’s three sides to every story. There’s your side, my side and the truth.” The difficulty when it comes to walking with friends and their relationships is knowing the difference. My story is my truth and your story is yours. Truth, most of the time, is waiting for someone to be willing to find it. It’s not an easy thing to do. ‘An Inconvenient Truth” is more than just the name of an Al Gore documentary. The truth is rarely easy.

How do you (or do you) consistently push for truths in your friendships and from people that you’re walking through difficult times with? One of the ways that I try and do that is by asking questions that push a little beyond the surface and ask the Holy Spirit for some real time wisdom as I’m in those conversations.

They say the truth will set you free and it’s always my hope to help people find the courage to tell the truth to themselves and then allow the ultimate truth of God’s love to bring the freedom we all so desperately need.