Seeking Truth

So I've been thinking about truth lately. In this election season, every side is so convinced that they're right. Good Christian people, completely convinced that their party is the only right choice for the future of the country. And although I admire their conviction.. I'm left wondering who's right?

I find that as I've gotten older, what I want is a place to go and look up something to see if it's true. A reliable source. You know as children, we ask our parents--because they know everything. And though I've learned that my mother knows a lot about a lot of things--she doesn't know everything, and sometimes her views seem as biased as everyone elses.

Anyone who follows Christ would say--look at the Bible. But even then--there are so many different views. So many ways to interpret. So many different versions os what people think the text means--that I'm baffled there too.

I'm left wondering--where do you go? As I've grown spiritually, I've realized that the journey is important and truly seeking God-- the process, the mulling things about to figure it out for yourself--that's what you need to focus on. But if it's simply about figuring it out for myself, about how I see things--won't that give me a relativist look at things--just "my truth".

What about absolute truth? I believe it exists--but how do I find it? About the issues of life...

The more I've wrestled with this question--the more frustrated I've become. But it occured to me recently that the truth is, we can't know everything. We really can't. And I don't know is the answer to a lot of life's questions, whether we've thought about them or not--that doesn't mean we shouldn't think about them.

But I think, for a while, I'm going to try and focus on things that I know are true and see where that leads me. Because otherwise, I'm left feeling a bit unsettled with so many unknowns.