I can believe the sun revolves around the Earth.
I can believe gravity is optional.
I can believe I’ll never grow old.
I can even believe I am a walrus.
But even my firm belief doesn’t rewrite reality.
Now, faith does open the door to the miraculous. God can override natural law.
But even miracles don’t erase reality.
They reveal the incredible power of the One who wrote the laws in the first place.
Jesus raised Lazarus from the grave.
But Lazarus eventually died.
God’s natural order still stands.
We live in a world that treats principles like a buffet.
Take what I like.
Leave what I don’t.
Make my own plate.
But God designed a specific order into His creation.
Biology has limits.
The elements have specific properties.
Unchanging.
Unshakable.
Unaffected by popular opinion or personal preference.
I can ignore them.
I can reject them.
I can even deny they exist.
But I can’t avoid the consequences forever.
Because facts aren’t democratic.
They don’t bend to my feelings.
They don’t take a poll before speaking.
Truth simply is.
And one day,
Every belief I’ve held will collide with what’s real.
And what’s real will win.
What I believe isn’t as important as whether what I believe is true.
I don’t get to vote on truth.
I only get to decide whether to live by it.
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This post is spot on. As someone who often contradicts oneself, I love that my belief or seeming lack of belief does not discount me from God’s love or the love that I have already accepted as mine. Even when my mind fails me, God has already claimed me as His. I am going to restack my favorite part of the poem (I can’t think of the exact working right now), but about tasting what we like and making our own plate. That is exactly how I feel society acting sometimes!