May 9, 2007
Recent psychological studies have shown that we lie on average around 150 to 200 times a day.
Why is that?
This is something I examine in my own life. Sometimes small lies escape, and yet I strive for integrity and honesty in my life.
I could say that I never lie — and yet that would be lie #1 for the day.
Some lie to cheat. Some lie to smooth things over (. . .no, I’m not mad). Others lie because it’s easier (. . .you look great in that, really).
And yet we are called to speak truth.
This is one area of my life where I want to honor God. I always make sure that I am honest in the big stuff. I care very much to have integrity in the small details as well.
There’s a really old saying: What a wicked web we weave when we practice to deceive.
It sounds corny. Ancient. Outdated. But is there truth to it? I think so. Every time we lie, we get caught in the sticky, icky threads of deception. We have to cover our tracks, remember what we said or didn’t say, instead of just knowing that whatever we said was the truth.
Jade W. says:
“There’s a really old saying: What a wicked web we weave when we practice to deceive.”
Very true. And there’s another really old saying: “Oh, what a tangled web we weave when we practice to conceive.”
That one always makes me laugh. I can’t think of one without the other.
your friend,
Jade