The other day while boarding a flight from Atlanta to Austin, one of the passengers loudly proclaimed “People Lie!” after being told by a couple that the seat adjoining them was taken. The woman was irritated and rightly so. A few minutes later, another person inquired about the seat and they let her in.
Watching the incident unfold was a stark reminder that people do lie. Even when it’s about little things, they lie.
Lies are now a common occurrence. They are so common that comments are made about the amount of the lie (e.g. that bull, chicken or some other excrement).
Perhaps rather than discerning between truth and lies, the modern idea is discerning between little lies and whoppers.
Lies make discovering the truth about things or relationships difficult. They leave you wondering what to believe.
Some of the best liars I’ve encountered allow their victims the space to choose which lie they want to believe. They allow them to fall into their own deceptions.
Lies always have consequences. Among them are guilt, and damaged trust. A lie may temporarily get you off the hook, yet the consequences catch up. Your lies will hunt you down and find you.
The damage lies do to trust often take years in repairing. The more intimate the lies, the longer it’ll take in repairing the damage.
The time comes when you get tired of the lies. You realize that the lying takes up more time and effort than the truth. When that time comes, do you know how to turn things around?
In the video “How Can I Trust You Again?“, you’ll learn how to turn things around. You’ll also know what specific areas need more attention.
This is critical since lies often leave you feeling lost to the point, you don’t know where to begin. With the video, you can know where that beginning is along with what comes next.
The truth is, people do lie. You can also start doing something about it, rather than finding yourself the victim or the one who lied.
Best Regards,
Jeff
One Response
My husbands deceitful secret life has indeed had a devastating effect upon all of us … it our adult daughters in particular
The Word of God states matter of factly that we ought to regard “God as true and every man a lair”
Not that everyone deliberately seeks to lie but many unknowingly believe and pass along things that are untrue
Still there are sadly people who think the lies they tell are to “protect ” those they keep in the dark
Yes…my husband may continue to keep us on the dark but God is light and He sees all things
Praying for those who Re caught up in the snare of deceptions and deceiving others is a worthy part of realisomg the grave danger those who partner with the Father of lies are in
One aspect of my attempt to recover from the harsh reality of the man I love and have had to let him go find out for himself what his choice of living his “private life ” is that I have delved deeper on a daily basis to learn how I am to continue to follow the Lord I have been blessed to know as my Saviour
This is not some romantized religious activity but an earnest work of study and effort to know the truth of scriptures by right division and ongoing learning and correction….something always needed lest we apply a false teaching which also receives and damages
Becoming more able to determine the character of so many nice people who think nothing of abusing trust has been a life’s long effort and has had many sad realizations of just how wide spread this plague of justifying deceit has become
Glad we are saved by faith in the gospel revealed to us Iin scriptures given to Paul for us in this time as the Body of Christ being a new creation kept secret from the before the world began ….it’s more importsnt as the days go by to respect God as true and not invest completely in the words and ways of the world and fallen man
We are learning ….not to neglect reaching out to others but not too quick to place confidence in the words and ways of others either
I have had to let my husband find out for himself how much harm his life choices have had and still do impact our daughters who remain single and faithful to the Lord however they might have loved to have husbands and families of their own
My husband still doesn’t see the way his selfishness has stolen from all of us ..”..love does no evil to his neighbor ”
But he has no heart to hear that ….all of his claims to his daughters of loving them are falling flat in the reality of his ongoing selfish lifestyle and he doesn’t even seem to realize it or feel any shame about it
The Bible is full of warnings about practicing lying as it is the character of the “father of lies who is the devil”
Not a great companion ….”he walks around seeking whom he may devour”