Proclaim the message;
be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable.
For people will accumulate for themselves
teachers to suit their own desires.
—2 Timothy 4. 2-3
The Emperor wants to get
between you and the truth.
To pry loose your loyalty,
kidnap your belief.
His minions will tell you
when to be joyful, what to regret.
At the microphone, desperate clowns,
they will mock the truth.
Daily, in little moments, we trade
what we know for what somebody feels.
Wisdom is open to truth, but not blackmail,
persuaded, yes, but never merely swayed.
Your last freedom is to know what you know,
to marry—forsaking all others—the truth.
Your greatest test is the opportunity
to be truthful when others don’t want to hear.
When times are unfavorable,
the atmosphere harsh, persist.
The truth, your Beloved,
will stay faithful to you till the end.
__________________
Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
Listen to the audio recording:
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:34 — 2.1MB)