“If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples,
and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 8: 31-32
Madeleine L’Engle once wrote: “Truth is eternal. Our knowledge of it is changeable. It is disastrous when you confuse the two.”
In our search for God, it is easy to confuse our notions of God with the God who is beyond all words – but who keeps giving us glimpses of the Truth who God is.
Remaining in God’s word, for me, means opening my heart to God and all God’s people so that I can hear God’s call wherever it may lead me.
And so, I continually ask myself, am I a disciple who listens with an open heart or do I think that I know it all?
This is a source of humility and great hope for all of us who seek God.
God of Truth, you show us small signs of the truth which you are, but you are greater than our minds and our hearts. Keep us open to all these signs and keep us always free of the temptation to think that we have all the truth.
Adapted from my contribution to the Lenten Booklet of the Associates of the Dubuque Franciscan Sisters.
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