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Imagine: What would have happened if those who knew chose not to tell they’d seen Jesus risen from the dead? What if, out of simple embarrassment, they decided not to convey this strange, surreal event about a man coming back to life after suffering the most brutal death at the hands of oppressors? Would you tell the truth about the Resurrection?
I've often wondered why we're hesitant to say the right thing in public. As in, the better thing, the truer thing, especial to people in passing, maybe.. at the market, when we’re buying a Christmas tree. I know there's a time & place for everything, I get cancel culture & liberal outrage, but I don't encounter raving maniacs that strike paralyzing fear into my heart. I'm just more silent out of courtesy.
Let people decide.. At least, that's what I once thought.
I've always had a nagging feeling I was doing someone wrong by not finding a way to tell them the Better Thing. I’m not talking bible-thumping, or scowlish sarcasm. Just the frank, yet gentle response that signals there’s a way to think beyond the narrative.
What would happen if we could all cultivate speaking in Truth? Imagine what would happen if we all spoke a little more Truth.
Today, I’ve known to give in to grace and not deny Him:
Absolute Truth lives within us, wishes to speak thru us, urges us to tell. He prompts us. To deny His urging is to succumb to the lie of Relativism. To be hesitant is to acknowledge how much we’ve compromised to get by in the secular world. I thought we wanted to be martyrs? Believe in the inspiration of the Holy Spirit? To be trusted with more of His Gifts?
I’ve not given up yet on losing our culture.
May God bless us, give us more self-knowledge & lots of His Holy Courage.🔥
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Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.❤️
in Love,
veronica
Wed, 3.30.2022
I’m happy to have seen you post and especially on this! I often ponder (and more so recently) this and have this urge to be more vocal of my faith, the faith. Bring others to Christ and not in a pushy way or “obnoxious” way but an organic and patient way. Thinking of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well. He was so patient and just spoke truth. Allowing for her to mold her conscience to it…❤️🔥