Believe

   "Do you really believe what you believe is really true?"

   I had a passing thought yesterday when I was putting down some things that I believe, why do I believe that?

   The quote above is from a session of the Truth Project, a 12 week course from Focus on the Family that we facilitate here at our church. We have done that course 5 times and each time I stop at that quote and wonder if I really believe what I say I do.

   When you grow up in church and are around church folks all your life, it is sometimes easy to just accept the belief system that you are a part of, and when those same people elect you to positions of leadership in the church body, it is hard to question yourself or let others see you less than sure of yourself.

   It has only been in the past few years that I have come to grips with the things I say I believe and why I believe them. Maybe it is a little sad that all of this happens late in life, but it is worth it to be able to say, "Yes I really believe"

  Now let me live my life as if I really do..