Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Lies

There are lies like, "The dog ate my homework."

There are lies like, "I didn't do it, Mommy."

There are lies like, "I know I wasn't driving that fast."

But then there are lies that are real doozies. There are kinds of lies you believe and no matter how much you believe them for as long as you believe them, they just aren't true. It can take years to discover the lies. They are like weeds in the soil, growing and influencing all that is good in the garden of life. Until they are pulled out, truths around them are choked into submission, not realizing the fullness, beauty and power of the truths they are. Truths are made weak while lies grow strong.

What lies have you believed?

5 comments:

Unknown said...

God is just WAITING to catch me!

Unknown said...

Oh.....AND discipline me (read, punish)!

Shirin said...

The KINDNESS of the Lord leads us to repentance - not His awesome power, nor His laws, our own effort, our good intentions or being shamed.

Anonymous said...

Joe and Shirin,

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Vessel said...

Let's see, there have been several over the last years.
You are not really loved.
You're not a good parent.
You look hideous.

Lies, lies, lies.

The longer you stay away from truth, the more believable they become.

"Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Just as it is written, “FOR YOUR SAKE WE ARE BEING PUT TO DEATH ALL DAY LONG; WE WERE CONSIDERED AS SHEEP TO BE SLAUGHTERED.”
"But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."