I believe that Truth is Truth. I also believe that Truth is a person. So, Truth may come in many different ways or from different places, but the source never changes - whether we acknowledge the source or not. I acknowledge the source as the Triune God, God the Father, God the Son (Jesus) and God the Holy Spirit.
As one believer to another it's so easy to play the "I have answers" role and so much more difficult to play the "God has given you the Spirit of Truth, His Spirit - you use it", or the "listening" role, or the "asking questions to help clarify" role. It's even harder to step back and allow one another to make our own decisions, whether we agree with the decisions we make or not. Not only that, but then we watch and see the consequences of our decisions unfold (good or bad). At what point, or is there ever a point, where one advises? Maybe part of this dilemma is discernment? Not the kind of "discernment" that approaches things as though there is only good or bad and God has imparted me with the knowledge for you of what is good and bad. But the kind of discernment that, with humility, recognizes we don't have answers. It's often not clearly black and white and so we must not be afraid to discuss, to dialog to converse with one another and trust God's timing and plan, without an understanding. It's in this place that God is clearly God and we clearly are not; it's finding humility in our limitations, letting go of control, trusting God knows what is best for us and we do not - although we want to and although we often think we do; after all, that is our nature.
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