Why ever be afraid of truth?

Ann Voskamp writes:

You only need fear the Truth of anything — if you think Christ isn’t capable of redeeming everything.

And if Christ is the Truth — then where there isn’t Truth, there isn’t Christ. Why ever be afraid of the Truth?

Do we ever have to be afraid of listening? Ann writes:

You never have to be afraid of just listening.

Because yeah, too many people treat listening like it’s only a pause before their own shock and awe.

Because real listening is really a radical act of humility.

Because when you let yourself humbly listen, you let yourself be ‘holy’ remade.

Because listening is how you plant resurrection — Lazarus’s ear had to first hear before he could rise up and walk out of the grave.

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