10 For wisdom and truth will enter the very center of your being, filling your life with joy.
There are seasons in our life that God allows to test, strengthen, and even produce in us things we maybe didn't know we were lacking, in need of pruning, or even coming to a maturity. Truth is something I personally have tried to center my life around. I like to call it honesty! I have always been that kind of person that would give you a straight up honest (not politically correct) answer. If asked I don't know how to speak what maybe others want to hear, but what I know as truth. In times past it was this being honest that would cause me to share my honest thoughts on situations that now I know I should have keep my mouth shut. Right or wrong I like it when truth is shared to me face to face and I know where I stand. It is this truth (Honesty) that has brought the most joy to me in my life. By being honest with myself and those closest to me, it has allowed me some very real and authentic relationships of true Godly Joy! I have no problem asking God the tough questions and being willing to ask myself tough questions as well.
In my marriage I am so thankful for truth (honesty) and a wife that can handle it and give it. This has been my greatest asset in life! There is nothing that Heidi and I could not talk about or share with one or another! This freedom has been one of my greatest sources of Joy! I truly don't know how most marriages make it or thrive if the husband and wife cannot be honest with each other. We have such a joy together because we know were we stand and then both passionately go after this together.
I personally believe that marriage is the greatest covenant that a man and wife make with each other apart from our covenant with God! I also believe that your marriage is a direct reflection of your relationship with God. Show me a marriage that is struggling and I will show you a life not hidden in Christ! This is where you can find true joy. If you are married and were granted a wish to hang out with anyone besides Christ who ever lived and go anywhere you wanted to go, who would you hang with and why!?!? Is this a trick question? No, just and honest assessment of where a marriage stands. How someone would answer this would question would show you were there joy lies and where they hid there passion.
These assessments of my own life in a pursuit of wisdom, & truth are what I have found personally to bring the most joy! Be hidden in Him and hid your relationships in Him for true wisdom, truth, and joy! Because at the end of every day there is more opinions to sort through than honest evaluations of life anyway! Who needs opinions when the truth sets us free!
