Here is a poem from Robert Frost that reminds us to hold fast to what we know is true, no matter what anyone else believes.
Why abandon a belief
Merely because it ceases to be true
Cling to it long enough and not a doubt
It will turn true again, for so it goes.
Most of the change we think we see in life
Is due to truth being in and out of favor.
So many things we thought were true evaporate in face of life’s challenges, disappointments and regrets. Things like “God is good,” “the first will be last,” “forgive and it will be forgiven you,” – you get the picture. So we strike out to get things done our way, only to find out that what we thought was true is true. It’s where we come back to in order to gain a footing again.
We also follow the crowds with its passions and turmoil. We change our values based on where everybody is going, even in the church. But the reality is that there are truths that the crowd does not want to see, act on, commit to.
Wait long enough and you will see – the true will turn true again. So why abandon it in the first place?
