Monday, January 7, 2019

The Trouble With Lying


One problem with dishonesty is that just keeping a record of our lies and pretenses is a full-time job! Abraham Lincoln used to say that if a man is going to be a liar, he had better have a good memory! When a person uses up all his energy in pretending, he has nothing left for living; and life becomes shallow and tasteless. A person who pretends not only robs himself of reality, but he keeps himself from growing: his true self is smothered under the false self.

Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Real [commentary on 1 John], pg.35

3 comments:

  1. Hi Glenn,

    A well-stated observation by Wiersbe. (And oops, I spelled his name incorrectly in a previous post.)

    Sadly, we know one person who has lived in such a way as described in this post. Tragic.

    -Carolyn

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  2. Carolyn,

    Sadly, we also know someone this describes.

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  3. Hey, it's been a year since I last commented on this blog! Anyway, this quote is thought-provoking.

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