Re: Little white lies.....

Guys, I'm not saying that I never told a "little white lie", of course I have! I don't anymore because now I know it's a sin, but I did before then. What isn't good is for people to make excuses for their sins or to say or think that "God will understand because He knows my heart". Yes He will understand, and Yes, He does know our hearts. He also knows our hearts are black and deceitful and that lying is a sin that shouldn't be accepted.

Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

Matthew 15:18-20 But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man ‘unclean.’ For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. These are what make a man ‘unclean’;

Romans 3:18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

I realized that at least for me that when I began making excuses for my sins and say things like that, it showed a lack of the fear of the Lord. The fear of the Lord is something that's really almost alien to our generation. Those of us who are saved really have to work on that with the help of the Lord. It gets harder too because of all the tolerance that's preached and the "God is love" stuff too. Yes, God IS love, but our very definition of "love" is different now then what God calls "love". Love isn't someone saying, "oh you can do whatever you want because I love you". Tolerance isn't love! We often forget this one little line about love too:

1 Corinthians 13:6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

Please know that when I say "we" I really do mean "me" or "I" because I'm really talking about myself and my own experiences and what I've seen and learned. But let me go spend some time with the Lord and then I'll come back and write some more.

When someone asks a question such as "does this dress make me look fat" or whatever, by telling them the truth gently and with love in a diplomatic way, we are giving them the opportunity to deal with the truth instead of hiding behind a lie. Would you want someone to tell you your zipper was down or would you prefer to go around in public all day with it down because people were afraid to tell you the truth? It's always better to tell the truth and to trust God then to lie and cover up the truth in darkness. I know that my husband hasn't gotten the hang of this about clothing yet. I could care less if something makes me look fat LOL but I'm not always sure if some things go together well so I'll ask him. I want the truth! That's WHY I'm asking so that I can go change before someone else sees me! Most of the problem is though that Bruce can't tell either LOL so he always pleads the 5th!