Truth

At the church I have been attending for most of the school year, the college age and young adult Sunday school class I've been going to has been watching a series of videos called "The Truth Project." In the first video, we focused on "What is truth?" And have been talking about different aspects of that in different areas including science, ethics, and history. It has been really interesting and I have noticed I pay more attention to what is and is not true. At the beginning of the semester in my elementary statistics class, I was reading one of the chapters and it made me think a lot. This was the quote.

"Have you ever wondered how we come to know truth? Most college students would agree that finding out what is true about the world, ourselves, and others constitutes a very important activity. A little reflection reveals that much of our time is spent in precisely this way. If we are studying geography, we want to know what is true about the geography of a particular region. Is the region mountainous or flat, agricultural or industrial? If our interest is in studying human beings, we want to know what is true about humans. Do we truly possess a spiritual nature, or are we truly reducible solely to atoms and molecules, as the reductionists Would have it? How do humans think? What happens in the body to produce a sensation or a movement? When I get angry is it true that there is a unique underlying physiological pattern? What is the pattern? Is my true purpose in life to become a teacher? Is it true that animals think? We could go on indefinitely with examples because so much of our lives is spent seeking and acquiring truth" (From the 8th edition of Understanding Statistics in the Behavioral Sciences by Robert R. Pagano).

I love the second half of the last sentence. "So much of our lives is spent seeking and acquiring truth."

I think it's funny that even in the secular world, people realize they need the truth, and it is something that is looked for with eagerness. I am thankful that Jesus is "The way, and the truth and the life" (John 14:6a) and that I have the opportunity to know what is True. I am thankful that everywhere I turn, there is another glimpse into what is True. When I look out my window and see the beauty of the trees, birds, sky, etc. I can't help but wonder how one could think that this world with all its complexities came from a single celled organism or anything else other than God's "big bang" Ya know, "God spoke and bang! It happened." When I spend time in my perception class, it boggles my mind the way our minds work and how incredibly efficient they are. How perfect they are. The way our mind works so well with the rest of our body and is perfect in so many aspects is astounding and I truly do not know how people can "Stand here with You and not be moved by You" (Lifehouse). What it comes down to, I think, is that we see what we want to see and I am so thankful that the One who created me wants to have an intimate relationship with me and has, in so so many ways, made Himself known to me and has shown me that He is the Truth.