perceptions... and Truth

This morning I was a bit preoccupied again.   
Thinking of a conflict  
(or at least heated discussion) at a place where I was working yesterday.... 
I ended up mediating....    
and things still didn't go very nicely... :(   

This morning I was reading a devotion that reminded me 
of how easily truth gets twisted 
how even my perceptions become skewed.... 

And then.... David wrote this in Psalm 12.....   

1 Quick, GOD,
I need your helping hand!
The last decent person just went down,
All the friends I depended on gone.
2 Everyone talks in lie language;
Lies slide off their oily lips.
They doubletalk with forked tongues.
3 Slice their lips off their faces!
Pull The braggart tongues from their mouths!
4 I’m tired of hearing,
"We can talk anyone into anything!
Our lips manage the world."
5 Into the hovels of the poor,
Into the dark streets where the homeless groan, God speaks:
"I’ve had enough;
I’m on my way To heal the ache in the heart of the wretched."
6 God’s words are pure words,
Pure silver words refined seven times In the fires of his word-kiln,
Pure on earth as well as in heaven.
7 GOD, keep us safe from their lies,
From the wicked who stalk us with lies,
8 From the wicked
who collect honors For their wonderful lies. THE MESSAGE

Lord Jesus,
Keep my mind stayed on You.
You ARE Truth
and You sift the lies and subtle 'shades of grey'
to illuminate the shiny grains of
Heaven and Earth's
Truth.

and You show me....
revelation....

Help me dare to ask...
help me open up the boxes
and dig
and listen to Your voice...
in the midst of the static and competition
for my ears
and my heart

Thank You Lord,
You are my Belt of Truth

Yeah.

PJ