The Beauty of Truth

I deeply believe that the truth is what sets you free. I have felt it over and over again as I have walked this journey. But sharing the truth about ourselves can be a really hard thing. We don’t know how others are going to respond to it, and we don’t want to be seen as different, damaged, or sinful. Sharing the truth about ourselves with others puts us in a very vulnerable place, but it is such a beautiful act of worship.

I saw the beauty in truth in two different women at church this Sunday morning. The first time was when a friend’s daughter sang during worship. She sang out from a place I haven’t heard her sing from before, a place of vulnerability and truth. That very truth set her free and it was so beautiful to hear her voice singing so strongly of her relationship with her Father.

The second time was when a young women in our group shared about some abuse in her past and how she had been using it to hide and protect her heart from the group. What amazing courage and beauty it took for her to face the truth. But the truth set her free from the bonds of it, you could see it in her eyes. It was a new and exciting invitation for us to join her in her journey. 

These outpourings of truth became two beautiful acts of worship. It brought tears to many eyes, tears of joy and thankfulness for God’s hand in the molding/mending of two hearts.  How wonderful is our God.

Many in our community turned their hands up to the Father in thanks, but I am sure there were others were provoked as well. The sharing of truth has a way of unsettling the places we are hiding. A call to face our own justifications and sinful distancing. it can be unsettling at best. I believe this too is an act of worship.

It is such a dance we have together in community. One person’s courage may bring someone to their knees in brokenness and it may provoke someone else to run away again.  

The good news is that God is not deterred by our running away again and again. He knows we are afraid but he is willing to wait for us to stop and turn back to him.  

So we ask ourselves, "What are we hiding from? What are we using to justify our self-protection?"

These are always good questions to ask God? He always seems to answer these type of questions. The truth will set you free!