The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. (Proverbs 12:19, KJV).
How important is truth to me? Now that I think about it, I am not nearly yet as much a slave to truth as I ought to be. I know that I sometimes sacrifice truth for convenience. For example: when I fail to keep a committment I have made, or when I share only half the truth to make myself look better in the current situation. When I do these things, I easily excuse my actions, not seeing them for the lies they are, because of the cloak of convenience they wear. Yet an untruth is still an untruth, no matter what it accomplishes, and I must learn to value the truth more than all else. Then I wont make a committment unless it is one I will be able and willing to keep, and I will not be afraid of sharing the whole truth, at the expense of my comfort.
Jesus said that whatever is in my heart, will come out via my mouth (Mat. 12:34-35). If there is deceit in my words, then is it not a sign of deceit within my heart? Perhaps the way to cure a lying tongue is to stop the lies I tell to my own heart.
How important is truth to me? Now that I think about it, I am not nearly yet as much a slave to truth as I ought to be. I know that I sometimes sacrifice truth for convenience. For example: when I fail to keep a committment I have made, or when I share only half the truth to make myself look better in the current situation. When I do these things, I easily excuse my actions, not seeing them for the lies they are, because of the cloak of convenience they wear. Yet an untruth is still an untruth, no matter what it accomplishes, and I must learn to value the truth more than all else. Then I wont make a committment unless it is one I will be able and willing to keep, and I will not be afraid of sharing the whole truth, at the expense of my comfort.
Jesus said that whatever is in my heart, will come out via my mouth (Mat. 12:34-35). If there is deceit in my words, then is it not a sign of deceit within my heart? Perhaps the way to cure a lying tongue is to stop the lies I tell to my own heart.
