When parents lie

What's worse than children that lie?
It's parents that lie to their children.

Here is a little story that i recently heard told on a music and ministry DVD. I for get the reason or the lesson being taught through the story. But the man shared this incident that happened between a girl and her mother which is suppose to be a true happening.





This little girl was coloring and had colored on the wall.
Her Mother comes into the room and sees what happened.
She asks her little girl,' Did you color on the wall?"
Her daughter replies, " No mommy."
Then the mom lets her know that she knows she did it and that she should not lie.
Then the girl asks her mom how she knew that she had lied.
The mom tells her, "Every time you lie, a light comes on your fore head."
The girl reaches up and touches her forehead.
Anyway then at another time the Grandma is watching the girl,
Again she has colored on the wall.
The Grandma asks her, " Did you do this?"
The little girl puts her hand over her forehead then answers her Grandma, ''No Nanny I did not."



(I for get the exact ending of the story and I am not sure how that was used in the man's lesson he was teaching.)

The story is kind of cute except for the fact that, the Mom totally bold faced lied to her daughter.

I wish the girl had been smart enough to have replied to her mom, "Oh so that is why a light just came on on your forehead?"

I bet that would have made the mom grab at her forehead!! That would have been to funny!!

I do not see why that mom felt she had to lie to her daughter like that for. Talk about setting a good example huh?

There seems like there would have been many other ways to handle that.



Parents watch out, i think this happens more times than you realize. A child may ask a question that is over their head at his/her age, or ask for something you don't want to give them at the moment, or want to go some where you do not want to: in all those cases in may be so easy to lie to get out of it. But don't!! Take your time think of another answer.


Then their the traditional lies. It is just a traditional so people do it with out thinking.

Like the Santa Clause, and the Tooth Fairy.

But it is still lie.

And lying is wrong.

We all know the 10 commandment well: Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Exodus 20: 16

But do we just teach it to our children, yet think it is ok if we don't personal keep it?

We also need to keep in mind that God hates lying. And what He hates, we also need to hate!

16) These six things doth the Lord hate; yea, seven are an abomination unto him.

17) A proud look,a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood.

18) An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift running to mischief,

19) A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discard among brethren.

Proverbs 6: 16-19



24) And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

25) Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another. Ephesians 4: 24-25

If we call our selves God's children then lying should not be apart of our lives.
It is NEVER RIGHT TO DO WRONG!!
In Him,
Mae