facts vs. truth

good morning ladies!!!
when i wake up at 6:30 to watch joyce meyer on tv, the look of my day completely changes. i have more energy and my heart is in a more joyful place all day. i have always craved a logical understanding of the soul, and that's what joyce brings to me. she said one little sentence this morning that really got to me...
she said to a guest she had on the show, who had been sexually abused, "i am so glad that you have learned the difference between facts and the truth."
cool! who knew these two things could be separated? the facts may all point to sorrow and despair: you may have had a horrible year financially and you don't know how you're going to afford Christmas. or maybe there is a person in your life who has caused you to lose hope or faith in people (i'm reading about that also). or, in my case, i should be at rock-bottom after everything that has happened to me and all the changes in my life. but the TRUTH? God has all of this in the palm of His hand. i am where i am supposed to be for a reason. the fact is, my whole world has fallen apart. but the truth is, i have been spared and get a second chance at life! God loves me and is taking care of my future, no matter what happened in my past, my recent past even!!
the facts may be screaming at you to stop having hope, faith, joy, peace, love, trust. but the truth is: God wants you to have all those and will give those to you if you ask for them. can't trust men? trust God to keep your man trustworthy and believe in God to give you the strength to trust your man. He created your man and loves your man even more than you do. i'm so sick and tired of all the "facts" about men. they can't be faithful, they only want one thing, all that hoo haa. i'm going to look at the truth ~ God wants me to have a faithful, honest, Godly man. I mean, he created some pretty wild animals ~ surely he created a Godly man!!!!
fact: you have $200 in your checking. truth: God knows no boundaries. i used to think how cool it would be to live in the days of the Bible, when miracles happened like the five loaves of bread feeding all those people, 5,000 was it? well, miracles like that happen all the time these days! if you are not on unemployment right now, a miracle has happened to you at some point. that great job or that credit card cut-up party that motivated you to start paying off debt. or a family member stepping in to help with a surprise tax year (thanks mom!!). those are modern-day miracles right there...
so, the facts may be telling you to worry about germs, cancer, infidelity, money, etc. all that crap on 20/20. but the truth is that God is running the show, and worrying is just getting in His, and your, way. YEAH!!!!!!