Home is the place where you find Truth...

Hit me, beat me, hurt me, yell at me, but
           please do not lie to me...........



I grew up with a Mother and Father who told me....tell the truth....we would rather have bad truth than good lies.

This is good philosophy.

I had a "Grandmother" Frances who told me, "Lesa, if you lie to yourself, you will lie to others". 

I had a "Granny" who said, "You are such a good girl, keep that"....(yes, Granny, I did eat the last corndog, my 3rd:)

I will go one step further, I LOVE truth tellers...generally speaking, I think you can tell when someone is a truth teller and when they are not.  If you are close to that person, you can often have an innate sense when truth is present and when it is not.

It is those who tell the truth that I feel closest to.  Even painful truth.

WHY is that?

Because, when you live in falsehood, there is no foundation to your relationships. 

I have learned this past year that you can "lie' as well but what you do not say.....

I am guilty of that.  I have stood silent on things in my life which I should have spoken up about.

I didn't understand the significance of that until this past year, but I do now.

And, "now that I know better, I try to do better"....

I have had the blessing to be in the presence this year of some very authentic people...and this is what I have learned from them in truth:

Mama......I love you no matter what, Give it to God, I will stand with you through thick/thin....be God's girl.

Daddy....Make yourself ready, for you never know when your time on this earth will call you "home".  I am ready.  Daughter, I want you to be ready.  I will stand with you through thick or thin.

Madison, Kenton and Johnson....We love you Mama...more than the sand at all the beaches, more than all the stars in the sky, more than all the blades of grass in all the fields.

Chuck....I am your big brother, I will be here for you no matter what. I love you.

Jim...it is simple, I'm lovin ya!  Give it to God.

Jay...If you hurt, our family hurts.

Jill...I may not understand, but you are my sister.

Melissa...I will hold your hand through this, no matter what.

Kathy....Be real, Lesa...live in truth with yourself, expect truth from others.  Your time on earth is wasted if you live in pretense.  Go, have your "pity party" about this and then walk forward in truth.  (Kathy died December 2010...I miss her)

Mary Virginia....You are God's girl....remember that as you make your decisions.

Rhonda....It's been a season to sit in sack cloth and ashes.  But, remember, God brings beauty from the ashes.  Isaiah 61:3 

God...."Jesus answered, "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.  No one comes to the Father except through me."  John 14:6

I chose Truth...and, in that, I believe I will find the life that we all hope for.  I chose to be honest when it hurts, even with myself.  I chose to live my life for the one I gave my heart to on October 17, 1971 in baptism at Radcliff Church of Christ.

And, in this choosing, I think I will find "HOME"...

My challenge for you...Are you a truth teller?  Do you live in truth on a daily basis and do you require it of others?  If not, change......and, change today.  For when you do, you will know the true peace that is "Home"......

Blessings,
Lesa

PS.  True Gut....I am grateful for the person who has reminded me that truth will set you free...