Truth IS NOT Relative

     "Everyone needs to find the version of truth that works for them."  How many times have we heard this or something like it?  How about "Everything is valid...it's all perspective."  Here's the facts..OPINIONS are relative.  They depend on situations and points of view before they are concocted.  TRUTH is TRUTH, regardless of if it's accepted or denied.  It doesn't change because of the spin people try to put on it.  Everyone has free will and the right to believe what they want, but it doesn't change Truth.  The best example I can give is a person with a color defiency looking at color.  Say he sees red as brown.  To him, that is truth.  Red looks brown, but in the reality of the world, red is red and brown is brown.  His believing red is brown doesn't change the truth.
     The truth is that we are all human beings.  We all have the same make up which means we all either have a spirit of we don't.  Believing you don't have a spirit won't make it disappear when you die if in fact we humans have one.  Let's say we all have a spirit (which most people can't deny)...now it gets more complicated.  What happens when we die?  Do we just hang out here without our bodies?  Do we go into another body...maybe a cat if you were bad, or a king if you were good?  Do we go to heaven or hell?  BELIEVING in reincarnation WILL NOT make it happen UNLESS that is TRULY what happens in the end.  That is the same for Christianity.  Believing in the One True God will not make Him appear when I die...He's either already there waiting for me...or I'm in for a big surprise.  That being said, the more I grow closer to Him, the more joy, peace, love and plain enjoyment I get out of life.  So if I'm wrong, believing in Him has given me an amazing life here and peace about dying.  If I'm right, I'm in the same boat.
     But there is no telling me there is no God.  How is it that somehow "magically", when I read the Bible, live my life accordingly, and pray, I get so much in return, plus the strength to stay strong in God.  Knowing myself as well as I do, there is NO WAY I could do the things I've done on my own.  My prayers have been answered too many times to be mere coincidence and no amount of self help books could give me this kind of joy and there's no type of meditation that can give me the peace that comes over me when I'm in prayer.  It literally feels like a blanket on my soul...something I've NEVER felt unless I've been talking to God.  I heard on the news people who pray have lower blood pressure and are generally more healthy.  But then they said if you don't believe in God, try talking to an imaginary friend and you should get the same results.  That is hilarious.  Since when did imaginary "Bob" heal someone?  When did he keep someone safe from an accident or provide for someone?  My pastor tells a story of when his children were young, they had no food in the house and no money to get any.  His wife set the table and told everyone to sit around it because she knew God would provide.  They sat down, not quite sure what to think, but said a prayer thanking God for the food He was going to provide and as soon as they said "Amen", there was a knock at the door.  They opened the door to a van backed up filled with grocery bags of food.  That, my friend, is the work of my God, my Provider, my Friend, my Shelter, my Strength, my Peace...not an imaginary friend.
     There are those who believe in "God", although they don't believe in the Bible.  Huh?  How else are you supposed to get to know God??  By guessing?  By your "feelings"?  By a book someone wrote based on their opinion?  If you believe in a god you've contrived in your head...that's all he is...a figment of your imagination.  God gave us the Bible so we can know the TRUTH.  And God says plainly He is the One True God,  He is not apart from Jesus and the Holy Spirit and the only way to Heaven is through accepting Jesus as our Savior.  Everything in the Bible checks out.  When we do our part, God does His.  Everytime!!  It's impossible to fail when you live this life.  There are people who have made grave mistakes in their Christian walk and have made a bad name for many of us...but was it because they followed what the Bible says?  No.  It's because the DISOBEYED.  These people went against God's commands and Jesus's example.  This is why we aren't to follow man.  They will fail us everytime...but God doesn't fail.  Just give Him a try.  Give Him all of your baggage and see what he gives you in return.  I guarantee you won't ever want to trade it back!  God says we need to listen to what the Bible says and marry it with faith.  BELIEVE it's true, and He'll show you without a doubt that you've finally found the Truth.