It’s always a lesson – to learn truth, to practice truth, and to know the truth.

Throughout the history of souls on this Earth, it has been a lesson to learn on how to seek the truth, to practice truth, and to know the truth, and know within. Non-truth is abundant all over the world and has been abundant throughout the ages of Man, so it has taken effort to learn what is and isn’t truth.

Yet, to know it – as Christ said, “For man, it is impossible. But with God, all things are possible.” All things being possible, includes seeking and knowing the truth.

For this, it is helpful to pray:

“Lord, teach me/us the truth.”

And …

“Lord, help me be honest with myself.”

With God, we can recognize when we’re not being honest with ourselves, and when we are being honest with ourselves. The two are different, and we do need help with it, because they are so easy to mix up, especially when we’re not being honest with ourselves about not being honest with ourselves.

So many qualities of the spirit do not come forth from us blindly, accidentally, automatically or when we’re not paying attention. We are called to practice them intentionally, deliberately and by choosing to do so. We are very aware when we are or are not being kind, or compassionate. To give kindness or compassion, we examine if we’re willing to be kind or compassionate in our hearts. If we’re not willing, so be it – and then we will not be kind or compassionate. But, if we’re consciously willing to be kind, then our heart is open and we consciously give forth from ourselves – kindness and compassion. It is a deliberate decision, and not an accident or done in our sleep.

It is this way with being honest with ourselves. It is a decision and with our prayer for help, we can begin to see it happen. Being honest with ourselves is not done accidentally or habitually, because we’ve had thousands of years and many lifetimes of “going with the crowd” and believing and saying anything that will allow us to join or oppose the crowd. We have misled ourselves plenty of times – especially when we don’t invite God into the challenge of being honest with ourselves.

“Lord, teach me/us the Truth.”

… is our desire to follow Christ. This is the reason to follow Christ. We walk along side Him as He walks the roads and paths throughout the land. We are in the group that travels with Him, and as we stop by the road side and sit down to rest or eat something, we listen to Him speak and we know we’re hearing the Truth. The Truth is love. The Truth is kindness. The Truth is all of us are part of One family.

When we don’t seek truth and don’t pray for truth, this also is a decision that is made, and therefore it will not be forced on us.

The truth is always available, when we pray to God for it. When we seek it and pray for it, Truth is given and comes to us in that still, small voice we hear within our own heart.