Truth  

The Bible says, “And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king. So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king. Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him. And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth. Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.” Jeremiah 36:20-25 (KJV)

A couple of hunters chartered a plane to fly into the Canadian wilderness. Two weeks later when the pilot came to pick them up, he saw the two animals they had bagged and said, “I told you fellows I could only take you and one moose. You’ll have to leave the other behind.” 

“But we did it last year in a plane this size,” protested one of the hunters, “and the other pilot let us take two moose.” 

“Well, okay,” said the pilot. “If you did it before I guess we can do it again.” 

So, the two moose and the hunters were loaded in and the plane took off. Because of the heavy weight, it rose with difficulty and was unable to clear an obstructing hill. After the crash, the men climbed out and looked around. 

One hunter said to the other, “Where are we, anyway?”

His companion surveyed the scene. “I think we got about half a mile farther than we got last year.”

Who was more foolish in dealing with the truth…King Jehoiakim or the pilot? The truth is the truth! There is only one way to heaven! Ignore it at thine own peril! 

Daily Chronological Bible Reading: Jeremiah 35-37