Seeking Truth

Knowing Truthby Jeff Bidiman

I have wandered on an endless quest,
Seeking truth's true definition.
From searching mountains without rest,
To a desert expedition.
Everywhere, I had been told,
Truth is but a shade of grey.
An argument for the bold,
Or a fragile work of clay.
It is not, I must proclaim!
It lives and breaths as you and I!
Truth warms me like a candle flame,
And paints His glory across the sky,
Where cheering angels all applaud
My discovering that truth is God.

Beauty

"Weak is the effort of my heart and cold my warmest thought: But, when I see thee as thou art, I'll praise thee as I ought" - John Newton

You can find me these days at Barnes and Noble with the word of God in front of me.. and a cup of "defining sense of self" in my hand. (A tall vanilla chai) ;)

Lately, the Lord has been showing me {BEAUTY}

Beauty in the sky..
the rain..
in people
in eyes..
in books
their words..
the songs
of the birds..
in music
in poetry..
in creation
and all its glory..

There have been moments in the past when I have "appreciated" beauty in these
things... for example, the beauty of a sunset. I can remember many times just pulling
over on the side of the road to look and watch the sunset. And appreciated that moment.
But lately.. I feel like the Lord has been showing me MORE. What I feel seems to be a
deeper gut of admiration than just appreciation.

I hope this never leaves.

Jesus is showing me more and more of Himself.
It's indeed, liberating.
:)

A Hymn

O Christ, our Hope, our heart's desire, Redemption's only spring! Creator of the world thou art, it's Savior and its King. How vast the mercy and the love which laid our sins on Thee, and led Thee to a cruel death, to set Thy people free! But now the bands of death are burst, the ransom has been paid; and Thou art on Thy Father's throne, in glorious robes arrayed. O Christ, be Thou our lasting joy, our ever great Reward! Our only glory may it be to glory in the Lord!
- Latin Hymn from the 7th or 8th century

Doing & Living

"All I know is that I love what I am doing in life, but there is quite often a difference between doing and living. I do lots of things. But do I live lots of things? Do I live the things that I do? I want to think about this more..."