talking about lying

In the next few post I will be talking about lying.
I know, not such a nice topic. But an important one just the same.

The titles of the post will be....

When children lie
When parents lie
Joking/lying

Lying is wrong no matter who does it or for what reason it is done. Sadly it is something that seems to come natural to children ; they will lie to get out of trouble, or lie to get what they want and so on. But they have to be caught in the act of lying and trained not to lie.

Even sadder is when adults lie to each other, and parents lie to their children. It seems when children are not cured of their lying when they are young, when they are adults they can become seasoned liars. Lying can become second nature to them. And when they profess to love and obey God and still do this; well it is right out sicking.

What i don't like is that joking and lying can go hand in hand sometimes. And i am left wondering, "Ok, was that a joke or a lie?" Sometimes lying has been excused because the person would say, "oh, i was just joking." Hmm? Something is wrong here. No wonder the Bible has warned against joking or jesting.

So anyway i will be talking about that and more in coming posts.

I would love to hear your comments on this.

In Him,
Mae