Little White Lies

 Greetings to you all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

     Psalm 119:105 says, “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”

     A lie is a lie no matter how you try to dress it up.  I was guilty of one recently and thought I was doing the right thing by doing so, but it still bothered me to the point that I had to make it right even though I knew the person I told the like to knew that I was lying in the first place.  I thought the ramifications of the truth would cause a person to be fired, and it would have, so I lied in order to save them that problem.  As it turns out, I was also being lied to by the individual concerned so the whole basis for my decision was based on more lies. After an event recently, I spent a lot of time discussing it with people and found out much of the truth of the matter which was hard to take in some ways, as I must be one of the most gullible people around.  I once heard that if the saying, “liar, liar, pants on fire” were ever true congress would go up in flames and probably half or more of the world right along with it.  I have also heard of something called “white” lies, which are not supposed to be as severe  but then again, a lie is a lie no matter what color you try to make it.

     What is the truth?  Thy word is truth.  I have had people say to me, “scouts honor” indicating what they are saying is true, of course if they never were a scout, what does that even mean. Others will say it is the “gospel truth.”  In reality, they don’t have a clue what the gospel really is.  So, when it comes right  down to it, the only thing we can trust completely is the Word of God.  That is why I chose Psalm 119 today as its 176 verses speak of God’s Word and its importance in the lives of God’s people and all but 5 of those verses have a name for God’s Word in it, such as word, or commandment, or statute, or way, or precept and the lsit goes on.  The above verse has two important analogies for the Word as it serves as a lamp for the feet and a light for the path.  It is good for close up encounters and for the long haul down an unknown highway.  The Word of God can do that and it does for those who take the time to read it and then to apply it to their lives.  We often are guilty of looking at a passage of Scripture and saying, “That is good.  I should start implementing that in my life, maybe some time soon,” but  it never get s done.  Oh, it gets underlined in our Bibles, but not underlined in our lives.  I fear that we are all guilty of that even  when we know better.  Praise God today for His Word.  May we  begin to apply it  today.