Removing All Doubt

As I ponder the multiple thoughts concerning speech and the freedom thereof, I question whether one more voice in the mix amounts to a hill of beans. Perhaps its like when you were in Elementary School and you were trying to make new colors with your crayons. After about 5 or 6 different colors, they all start to have that ugly brown look. Not exactly inspiring. So amongst the multitude of voices crying out from the radio, the internet, the newspapers (I guess a few people still read em) , and the celebrity that finds their popularity an avenue for spouting political views (gag)....do the tumult of voices really amount to anything other than a shouting match? Working with kids, I find it hilarious when a group of them try to get each other to be quiet. A room full of 20 kids all shhhing each other is just as bad as 20 kids running around pell-mell.


So I'm at odds about putting one more voice in the mix, one more blog that won't waste a tree(going green, right?), but might possibly waste time. I don't want to be one more person telling everyone else how quiet they need to be! Hopefully my blogs will be inspired not by my muted brown crayon creations, but as a Christian, inspired by truth. Truth is what we seek. Truth is what we need today. As we look about, is truth evident? Are we able to discern amongst the cacophony of voices that which is right? Do you find yourself wondering what you should do....how you should live.....why some things are wrong, but sometimes they seem right? Why evil exists, and seems to triumph? To all of these, truth is a champion. To all of these, if we follow the course of honest living and seeking truth, God will bless our efforts. He will, because God is truth. I am also mindful that the truth can hurt. Most assuredly, the truth can hurt. The truth can damage. The truth can condemn. Therefore, I must be cognizant of the fact that exposing the truth will not make people make the right decisions. In fact, Oscar Wilde put it this way: "if you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh. Otherwise, they'll kill you." Hilarious, because it's half-true, I still believe that truth given in love is what the doctor ordered. Truth needs to always be voiced, seasoned with care, flavored with good will. If truth is voiced, nay, if truth is exposed, then no one needs to worry about being heard. Truth speaks for itself. The voice of truth is always a welcome sound, a friend's bidding, a pleasant greeting. Mark Twain once said "tis better to remain silent and thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt." There's a lot of voices out there that are "removing all doubt". Are you able to pick out what's worthwhile, what's needed, what's good, what's.....true?