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Truth’s Friends
“The truth will make you free,” ¹ Jesus said.
Yes, of course, he’s right.
But some truth is painful and ugly,
and signals entering a fight.
Like a cancer now exposed,
I would prefer that fact, untrue.
Life as usual, though false, I miss.
Then, I knew what to do.
The truth sometimes has strange friends—
confusion, silence, or shame.
Sometimes anger or fear, even death.
Perhaps, loathing a name.
But one friend is beautiful, helpful, warm,
a gift—necessary as sight.
Where blindness had ruled and darkness laughed,
the truth brings us light.
John 8:32
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