In this day and age, people often use the words truth and fact to mean the same thing. However, there is a distinct difference between them. All truth can not be dimmed down into powerless facts, and fact can be overcome by truth. That is to say, the Truth can change the facts. For example, the facts can say that someone is sick, but the truth says that by His stripes we are healed. (But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed. ~Isaiah 53:5) Fact is, I'm a sinner; Truth is, I am made clean, I am made worthy, by the precious blood of Jesus Christ. Anything that is real in this world is fact, but fact is temporary and will one day fall before the ultimate Truth, which is our Lord, the one and only God. (For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God." ~Romans 14:11)
Fact is how things appear now; Truth is what has been, what is, and what always will be for the rest of eternity. (And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. ~1 John 2:17) Let us not dwell on that which is passing away, but dwell in that which is eternal. When you are presented with "the facts" and find yourself anxious or depressed, look at the Truth. This is the only way to see how things really are, is to look at them through the lense of truth. (And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. ~John 8:32)
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