Gratia et Veritas (Grace and Truth)

So I'm finally taking the plunge and entering the blogosphere universe under the not-so-creative blog title: Grace and Truth. (Gratia et Veritas because Latin sounds so much cooler than English!) I remember being gripped by these words found in the first chapter of John's Gospel (1:17) a few years ago. John tells us that, "For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ." And there it was: the perfect balance needed for a soul adrift in the early 21st century. Truth is that which corrects, informs and guides the soul in turmoil. Truth corresponds to God's law in that it reveals a standard that is unbending in nature and gives a template for human life that yields true peace if perfectly conformed unto. Obviously, therein lies the problem. The truth holds out the unattainable solution to all mankind's maladies and is unable to administer the cure. One can only give thanks for the abstract noun found on the other side of that conjunction: grace! Grace is the cure for what truth reveals and is the operative power that enables our lives to bud and flower in the midst of human frailty and failure. Grace enables us to listen to truth and to delve deeper into what the truth reveals about us. And the deeper we go into the truth about our lives the more we see our need for grace and so the cycle that produces true freedom is set in motion. "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free." (Galatians 5:1)