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.... seems like ages since I wrote...  

Back from my trip to Egypt, Jordan and Israel....
I often feel a strange disconnect when I am away.
When I get back
it seems
Like I just got up from a dream 
or another life
and everything here is the same....
Yet.
I I realize that I am different.....
I have experienced something
from the other side of the world
that changes
and challenges
all the pictures in my brain 
that I have had from childhood on
that formed as I read and heard scripture.....
This morning 
I was reminded again
what IS Truth?
All these years
the 'pictures' in my brain
were
INACCURATE
Very Different
from the real thing....
being there
and
Seeing it
in 'real life'.....
changed that....
John 14:6  Jesus answered, 
"I am 
the way 
and the truth 
and the life. 
No-one comes to the Father except through me.
Jesus didn't say;
"I know the way, truth, life"
or "I have some or most of the truth"
or "I have found truth to be...."
But Jesus declared
that He IS Truth.
and that outside of Him
there is no Other.....
Soooo...
What does Knowing Jesus
have to do with
new 'pictures' in my brain
from a trip to the holy land.....?
Jesus said that
Knowing Him...
Looking to Him....
would bring understanding
and
revelation
to the things I see and
experience...
Like the 'key' to 'unlock' a code
Jesus brings revelation
to everything...
The Pharisee's 
studied the scripture
but without the "Key"
the ONE that the scriptures described
they missed the whole point....  ref Jn 5:36-40
Lord Jesus,
I have seen where You walked
but without You to teach me
I will still miss the Truth
of Your life.
Thank You for sending Your Spirit
to open my eyes
and 
heart....
to 'decode' this mystery
....this adventure
of 
Truth,
found in You.
Yeah.
PJ