finding Truth...

*very minor sidenote before i kick this into gear: there has been some confusion about whether one can comment on the blogs...i have my settings so that you do not have to have an account or for that matter you dont even have to sign your name...you can comment completely anonymously/account free...but no pressure*


you may or may not know who rob bell is right off hand and you may not have ever heard of these but in my journey...his thoughts have had an impact.

he has written 3 books with the 4th coming out in the next few months i believe

his first book was entitled velvet elvis...i first heard about it in my sophomore theater appreciation class at ngu when the professor read an exerpt and we had a class discussion...at the time i had no idea who rob bell was, what velvet elvis was, and couldn't have cared any less about the whole thing

6 months later i went to camp for the first time and heard about it there too...and something compelled me to pick it up and read it...my host home actually had 4 or 5 copies of it and ended up just letting me have it...

im not sure about you but its rare for me to pick up a book, even now that i am on meds for adhd (ahh that explains alot kate...thank you for that little tid bit), and read it all the way through in a matter of days

usually what happens is some sort of cycle of reading a whole bunch really quickly...putting it down for a week or month or 8 then for whatever reason (hearing someone talk about it, boredom, seeing it in a bookstore-think about buying it-and then realizing i have it i just havent read it ect.) ill pick it up again and either finish it or rinse and repeat the cycle...

v.e. was no exception


(when you realize the point to all of this, youll probably be like, kate...really? did you NEED to tell us all that just for THAT...and the answer will be...no, but its my blog and i do what i want- so if you dont like it...stop reading, get your own blog, and complain about it on there :)

he makes a BUTT TON (word credit-Kathleen Thomas for being such a faithful reader :) of really great points that, in the end, even if you dont agree with they at least get you thinking...as well they should

i will not begin to go into all the thoughts that affected me really deeply...ill just tell you the one that is the reason for this post...

he points out that God is truth...and God is everywhere...and if God is truth AND God is everywhere...than that must mean that there is Truth everywhere. we just have to find it. i grew up in the type of church environment where it was alot of rules and selling of the Christian brand....dont do this...do this...dont listen to that...dont say that...watch this...listen to this...dont go there...do that instead...with very little room for God Himself in there. i thought that a good christian was someone who memorized all the rules, went to church alot, watched movies that werent "bad", hung out with good friends, listened to christian music...the list goes on and on



that changed when i was 16 and i heard for the first time about having a RELATIONSHIP with God...


anyways (believe me, im trying to get to the point...i promise)

so fast forward about 4 or 5 years to me reading v.e. and the thought that God is bigger than the worldly line of secular and spiritual...He is bigger than both sides...Hes so big that He isnt confined to sides...we just treat Him like He is because it would take too much for us to dedicate ourselves to finding Him EVERYWHERE instead of just places and things where He is "supposed" to be...ya know...church, creation, bible study, family christmas', easter, those kinds of things

after i read it and it started sinking in, it was like all of a sudden God had put this "truth radar" in my head and everywhere i went...i heard truth, i saw truth, i felt truth, i KNEW truth.


its easy to get the truth radar blurred by voices you hear, places you go, thoughts that were there first, guilt...anything...but when you cling with desperation and hunger to the knowledge that God will continue to grant your ability to put the viewfinder on daily provided you continue to give Him what He desires (you)...you really start seeing things in a whole new light

so my challenge to you today is to find Truth where you havent before...find it where, maybe, you never thought you could...its definitely out there, you just have to go look for it.

the most common way ive heard truth is in song lyrics...from bands that are definitely not God loving...so here below are some of the lyrics that have made my truth radar go off lately...

"a thousand times ive seen you standing there, gravity like lunar landing, you make me want to run till i find you, i shut the world from here, drift to you, you're all i hear, everything i know fades to black...everything will change, but Love remains the same" -Gavin Rossdale Love Remains the Same

"im such a fool, i couldnt see it, just how good you were to me, you confessed your love, undying devotion, i confessed my need to be free, and now im left with all this pain, ive only got myself to blame" -N*SYNC I Drive Myself Crazy

"what are these voices outside loves open door, that lead us to throw off contenment, and beg for something more...there are people in your life whove come and gone, they let you down, you know they hurt your pride, you better put it all behind you, because itll eat you up inside, ive been trying to get to the heart of the matter, but my will gets weak and my thoughts seem to scatter, but i think its about forgiveness..." -Don Henley The Heart of the Matter


"hey, dont write yourself off yet, its only in your head you feel left out, or looked down on, just try your best, do everything you can, and dont you worry what they tell themselves, when youre away, it just takes some time, little girl youre in the middle of the ride, everything will be just fine, yea everything will be alright..." -Jimmy Eat World The Middle

"to lead a better life, i need my Love to be here.."
-The Beatles Here, There, and Everywhere

"do you hear me talking to you, im talking to you, across the water, across the deep blue ocean, under the open sky, you know im trying, boy i hear you in my dreams, i feel your whisper across the sea, i keep you with me in my heart, you make it easier when life gets hard, lucky im in love with my best friend, lucky to have been where i have been, lucky to be coming Home again..."
-Jason Mraz and Colbie Calliat Lucky