Truth Be Truth

All my life I’ve heard about those little “white lies,” even [regrettably] indulged in a few over the years.  Thing is this --  Daddy and Mama didn’t seem to care what color the lie was!

It’s very clear what God thinks about lying, “Lying lips are extremely disgusting and hateful to the LORD.” (Proverbs 12:22, Amplified Bible).  Generations of winking at “little white lies” led quite a destructive path to blinking and wincing at lying in general.  According to dictionary.com, a “white lie” is “a harmless, minor, or unimportant lie.”  Harmless and unimportant?  We live in a day when it’s the norm to embellish or exaggerate the truth whenever and however it benefits our will.  Sadly, many Christians today can’t distinguish Biblical truth from secular lies!  The terrible truth about the Truth is the Gospel has largely been ignored, muddied, and watered-down so that Believers can’t distinguish fiction from “thus saith the LORD.”  Where does this leave the Christian who genuinely desires to speak truth and live in Its light?  Proverbs says, “A faithful witness will not lie” (14:5) and “A truthful witness saves lives” (14:25).  We know the Truth by reading, memorizing, and meditating on God’s Word then His Grace sufficiently gives us boldness to make it real in our lives.  I challenge you: do not wink or blink at the truth.  With love and boldness, let the Truth be truth!