One True Thing

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The idea for this blog came from a writers forum I follow. The author was discussing the difficulty of writing "truth" in an age of falsehood. At a time when cultural norms are being called into question and heroes are recast as villains, one is constantly having to weigh words and ideas, seeking to find truth in the plethora of competing voices beamed at us from every direction. The writer I'm referencing suggested, as an aid to sanity, that we write "one true thing," every day.

I found that an interesting concept so I've been writing down  one true thing every day. The first one was easy. 

• Jesus loves me.

• Then I got to Matt. 6: 21 "Where your treasure is there will your heart be also."

• Or Micah 6:8, "What does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God."

• The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. Ps 23:1

The Bible is full of "true things." It is also peppered with commandments. Consider the first one. Deut. 5:7 "I am the Lord, thy God. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. " 

This one came to mind during our Bible Study discussion on Wednesday. The topic was simplicity and we ended up talking about "idols." These come in many forms, like health, or sport, or chocolate, or even the search for simplicity. Anything that we put before God in our lives, is breaking the first commandment.

Some idols seem benign, like social media, but anyone walking into traffic while having his eyes glued to a small screen, has put media before the beauty of creation, not to mention his own safety.

Wordle is a hugely popular word puzzle played on-line by millions of people. The originator of the game, perhaps aware of addictive behaviour, limited the game to only one word per day. Even so, there have been dozens of imitators so the safeguard of one a day does not really exist. I came across a new one for me the other day called Canuckle. Here the words all have a Canadian bias, like Inuit or canoe, or birch.

I find the exercise  of describing "one true thing" each day reassuring and calming, but I must remember not to turn the practice into an idol. Remembering God first will help us all discern truth from the whispering of temptation.

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