Cutting through the crap...

Indeed, the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
                                                                    –Hebrews 4:12 (NRSV)

We hear and read a lot of words in a day.  Some are meant to inform, others are meant to comfort, some are meant to challenge or correct... but many are meant to mislead and deceive...they carry a lot of ‘spin.’

As the author of Hebrews illustrates for us, the word of God is very alive and active in our world.  It’s not meant to hide or deceive or mislead.  The word of God means to cut through the crap and get to the truth of the matter.

Many use words to get their way.  They think that if they say whatever they want ‘you’ to believe...true or not...that eventually you will believe them.  But let the word of God do its job.  Find the truth.  Cut through the crap and let your heart and mind be clean and true.

Take a moment and imagine the day when we will mean what we say... and say what we mean.  No crap...no bull...just the honest-to-God truth.