The Truth of Reality

Sometimes truth heals.

Sometimes truth hurts.

Sometimes truth is denied because it isn’t what we want to accept as truth, when in reality, it is.

God is all-powerful, all-knowing and knows each of us better than we know ourselves. He knows our true identity as His children destined for an eternal life with Him, and at the same time, He knows our fallen nature and the things that keep us grounded as humans in this fallen world.

There are two sides to this coin — two extremes. One is to sink into our fallenness, our handicaps, our diseases and our disabilities and live our life in depression and self-pity.

The other extreme is to live from a place of self-righteousness, overconfidence and being in denial of anything that doesn’t fit perfectly into our true, eternal, Heavenly identity as a child of God.

As much as the second extreme sounds like the better option, I don’t believe it is right. I believe there is a balance between the two.

As one who has experienced severe suffering throughout my life, I know one side, but I don’t know the other side, and I honestly don’t want to know the other side.

I don’t want to deny what makes me human. I don’t want to deny the suffering of my past, and even some handicaps in my present, because all of these things are a part of who I am. They are a part of my story and my testimony on this earth.