The Wilder Place

When I started this blog I promised to write about "truth". I tried to show that truth is something absolute and real in a November 2005 blog entry. At that time, I also promised I'd try to answer the question about whether or not we can "know" truth.

It's interesting to note that one definition of the word "know" according to Merriam-Webster, I. (1996, c1993). Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary includes:

2 a : to be aware of the truth or factuality of : be convinced or certain of.

It is also the root of the word "knowledge", which begins several of its definitions with the word "fact"

2 a (1) : the fact or condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience or association.

I think it would be somewhat interesting (at least to myself) to do a study of the words that demonstrate our society's belief in the existence of truth and our ability to know it... but, I'll leave that for another time... maybe... sounds a little dull even to me.

Have you ever told a lie or known that someone else has told a lie? A lie is the opposite of a truth. The fact that you knew it was a lie, indicates you also knew the truth.

Our (mankind's) efforts in the sciences and technologies are all based on our ability to "know" the truth about something. History and Law are both based on our ability to know the facts (truth) about something that specifically did or did not happen. I could go on in this vein ad infinitum, or perhaps ad nauseum ;-)

There is so much evidence in our daily lives predicated upon our ability "to know truth" that to deny it in general would defy credulity.

When you really try to wrap your mind around the concepts of (1) no truth and/or (2) if there is truth we can't know it, our thoughts become like a pretzel and somewhat nonsensical. Why? Because there are absolute truths and we can know some of them. Note: I do not claim that we (collectively or individually) can know ALL truth.

Jesus said, "... you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” John 8:32

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During the course of my life I've had 3 serious relationships. During the first one I tried to handle problems "my way" (as opposed to God's way). As for the 2nd, well.... I refused to even ask God what He had to say about it, because I knew He'd say, "NO!" For the failure of those relationships I have no one to blame but myself... simply because I refused to let Christ be Lord in my life and to ask for and listen to His direction... then.. I was alone and very lonely for a long time......

I finally got to the place a few years ago where I'd only "go for" something if and only if the Lord indicated it was OK. I was very specific in my prayers... about wanting only what He would allow in my life.... and then one day.... He brought Gordon, my husband... we laid out many proverbial fleeces to be sure we were where the Lord OK'd us to be... and now.... I continually praise my Holy God for allowing me the blessing of this marriage. I certainly don't deserve His mercies and I'm very grateful for them.

When someone treats one of my kids special, they treat me special... and in that way my husband honors my mother and father; by treating their daughter special. He honors our children too, by treating their Mom special and setting an example.

The Bible tells men to love their wives as they love themselves and it tells women to respect their husbands. For the very first time in my entire life I feel that someone loves me best. That's how my husband makes me feel, like he loves me best. And, he loves me no matter what! Wow! What a blessing that is to me! His care and consideration of and for me seem to know no bounds. I can never be grateful enough to God for allowing Gordon into my life!

The secret to this success is doing it God's way!

To my Darling Husband Gordon:

Thank you for yesterday, today, and always...

For bringing me happiness right from the start
and offering me both your life and your heart --
For being so thoughtful in all that you do,
overlooking my faults, understanding me, too --

For all our tomorrows, whatever they hold,
and for sharing a love that will never grow old --

This brings all my love and a special prayer, too,
that you'll be as happy as I am with you.

Honey, if I can give you back but only a fraction of the love you've given me, you'll be completely happy; because my cup really does run over! I do respect you Darling, and want more than ever to be a good wife to you.

To my God... Thank you! from the bottom of my heart! May you receive all glory and honor for showing me what it's like when it's done your way!!!

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I now have a clue that before I know it, it's going to be Christmas and I'll be shouting from the rafters, yet once again, "Who stole my year?" This is typically followed by, "I want it back, and I want it back right now!"

I look at my last post and what do I see, but low and behold it was January 5th. Typically, I get to December and want to know who stole the year... but now, for the first time, I actually may have a chance of catching the wiley character because he (or perhaps she) ran off with only a single month. I wonder... behind which virtual tree can I hide in order to catch him/her abscounding with the next month.... or maybe I'll get lucky and find that person taking only groups of days or even a single day (that'd be a big break). Come to think of it there were several times in 2005 when all of a sudden, time would be out of whack and I'd realize I was missing a day. And, just yesterday, I had a couple of hours turn up missing. Hey, I think I'm onto something here...

What about you? Have you ever had someone steal time from you? Maybe if everyone who has had that happen got together we could come up with a composite sketch of the thief. Or maybe if there are lots of us spread around this tiny globe we'll figure out it's a gang. Maybe we can find the center of their operations and recover some of our valuable time.

Do you remember that 70's song by Jim Croce, "Time in a Bottle"? It started, "If I could save time in a bottle the first thing that I'd like to do is to save every day till eternity passes away..." Maybe someone's doing exactly that.... only since they had trouble saving their own time, they've been taking mine and maybe yours.

Well, I for one am onto their tricks, and one day I'm going to figure out what's going on and when I do someone's going to be in big trouble and I'm going to be much younger than I am right now...

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