Article August 23, 1999 Issue

I no longer wonder, What is truth?

A spiritual journey

By Edna V. Locke

For Many Years, I sat in church on Sunday mornings looking at these words from Jesus—"Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:32)—pondering what they could mean. I certainly wanted to know the truth, and I certainly wanted to be free, but somehow I couldn't quite get a clear picture of what this truth is.

After many years of half-heartedly searching for truth and waiting more or less for it to appear miraculously, I finally started an in-depth study of Christian Science. When I discovered that Truth is a synonym for God, it really intensified my yearning to know the answer to the puzzle "What is truth?"

One day while studying the Bible, I read Jesus' prayer "Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth" (John 17:17). What a marvelous feeling to think of Jesus' praying to the Father for those who try to follow him, for me! I was so overwhelmed that I immediately made a vow that I would strive very hard to be worthy of this prayer, so I doubled my study time and prayed for enlightenment.

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