This could be a post on how good the book "Lies Women Believe" by Nancy Leigh DeMoss is, because I think it's a fabulous book! But for now I want to share about the lies women tell.
It could be that we inherited it from our gender, we tend to be a bit more manipulative and deceitful. Men don't seem to have a problem telling it like it is. But I have found that women seem to find it a bit easier to lie. It could be because we're more tender hearted and find it more difficult to be truthful and honest for fear of hurting someone. But regardless of the reason, it's wrong, and it's a sin against God. A sin that God declares He hates! John 8:44 says, "You are of (your) father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie he speaks from his own (resources), for he is a liar and the father of it.
God has also said in Numbers 32:23 "But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the LORD, and be sure your sin will find you out." So it may be easier temporarily, and the consequences may not be immediate, but be assured, in the long run it will not go well with you. God knows, and loves us way too much to allow you to do something so harmful and destructive.
It's hurtful, and it's hard to build back trust once you've been lied to. Sometimes it's never built back. Usually people who lie once will lie again and it becomes habit. I was personally convicted of my own testimony in this area when our children were young. We were determined and committed to never put our children in a position to have to question our trustworthiness. We didn't want them to ever hear us say to someone on the phone that the other wasn't here, when they were. And honesty shouldn't be just for our audience, because we're always an audience of One, God, whether it's reporting taxes, or returning too much change, the list could go on forever. We don't ever want our kids to see hypocrisy in us so that they could justify it in their own lives. Right and wrong HAS to be determined by what God says, not by what we justify.
Matthew 5:37 Let what you say be simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything more than this comes from evil.
James 5:12 But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your "yes" be yes and your "no" be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.
Isaiah 5:20-21 "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight!
By justifying lying, or any 'little' thing, it stirs up pride and causes us to think that we can make the rules. Instead of God's written word as our guidelines. But if we love Him we will keep His commandments! Be strong in the Lord, be bold if you have to, but always, always be honest!
Exd. 20:6 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments
Deu 5:10 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments
Deu 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,
Deu 11:1 "You shall therefore love the LORD your God and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always.
Jos 22:5 Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and to cling to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul."
Neh 1:5 And I said, "O LORD God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments
Dan 9:4 I prayed to the LORD my God and made confession, saying, "O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments
Jhn 14:15 "If you love me, you will keep my commandments
Jhn 15:10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love
1Jo 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.
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What I don't want for Mother's Day....
It doesn't take much to make me happy! A hug, conversation, and if you want to go extreme, unsweetened ice tea! But I have a list of things I don't want for Mother's day:
1.) I don't want to be away from my husband and children!
The things that allow me to celebrate such a wonderful gift as motherhood are just what I want to surround myself with on such a day! I hope and pray that my kids will never have to hear me say that I need or want to be away from them, regardless of the day.
2.) I don't want anything fancy or frilly!
Save those big bucks for our adoption fund because I'd really LOVE to have another baby! Besides, I'm the one who gets to be a mom, I should be buying gifts for everyone else! (It's a little late for such a thought, but maybe next year! ;-)
3.) Last but not least, I don't want to do laundry or match socks!
Which means Monday will be gruesome! ;-) I know it'll be a delightful Mother's Day!
A Mother's Love
As a mother loves her child, fulfilling every need,
with a gentle touch and smile, such love is pure indeed.
So our Savior loves each one, who humbly kneels to pray,
he who asks to be God's child, will hear the Father say.
I am your God on high,
I will your need supply,
As in a mother's care,
My love I freely share.
If you will ask of me
I will sufficient be
As in a mother's care,
My love I freely share.
Only mother's voice can soothe the sorrows of the day.
She can all the pain remove in such a tender way.
God the Father hears our cry, and comforts when we pray.
He who asks to be God's child will hear the Father say.
I am your God on high,
I will your need supply,
As in a mother's care,
My love I freely share.
If you will ask of me
I will sufficient be
As in a mother's care,
My love I freely share.
1.) I don't want to be away from my husband and children!
The things that allow me to celebrate such a wonderful gift as motherhood are just what I want to surround myself with on such a day! I hope and pray that my kids will never have to hear me say that I need or want to be away from them, regardless of the day.
2.) I don't want anything fancy or frilly!
Save those big bucks for our adoption fund because I'd really LOVE to have another baby! Besides, I'm the one who gets to be a mom, I should be buying gifts for everyone else! (It's a little late for such a thought, but maybe next year! ;-)
3.) Last but not least, I don't want to do laundry or match socks!
Which means Monday will be gruesome! ;-) I know it'll be a delightful Mother's Day!
A Mother's Love
As a mother loves her child, fulfilling every need,
with a gentle touch and smile, such love is pure indeed.
So our Savior loves each one, who humbly kneels to pray,
he who asks to be God's child, will hear the Father say.
I am your God on high,
I will your need supply,
As in a mother's care,
My love I freely share.
If you will ask of me
I will sufficient be
As in a mother's care,
My love I freely share.
Only mother's voice can soothe the sorrows of the day.
She can all the pain remove in such a tender way.
God the Father hears our cry, and comforts when we pray.
He who asks to be God's child will hear the Father say.
I am your God on high,
I will your need supply,
As in a mother's care,
My love I freely share.
If you will ask of me
I will sufficient be
As in a mother's care,
My love I freely share.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Hypocrite!
Did that get your attention? It sure gets mine! We were at the air show and in front of us was a Mennonite family. They were dressed in a way that was different from the world, plain, modest clothing. Their haircuts and head coverings also gave way to the idea that they were 'religious' folks. But their actions and language proved different. They didn't act like they read or live by God's word. And I was surprised at how hypocritical it seemed to me.
I so desperately wanted to ask them if they knew how to get to heaven? Maybe they thought that if they dress a certain way or do certain things this will bring favor from God. Isaiah 64:6 "But we are like an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; we fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away." Maybe they had just done what their parents had told them and didn't have a need to understand the why?
When I worked as a bank teller they taught us how to look for counterfeit money. Interestingly enough they didn't show us all the different ways that people have frauded money, they taught us how real money was made. We learned what it feels like, what it's made of, the designs, numbers and everything that made a true bill. So I associated this with Christianity. We learn truth, from reading the Bible, so we know what it means to be a Christian. We try to be that example for our children, so that they see truth, because kids pick up on it so quickly. I believe that hypocrisy is the seed to rebellion in children. But God sees the heart of every one of us! And each of us will have to stand before Him one day.
The experience has been hard to get out of my mind, and I am constantly thinking about how and in what areas in my life I appear hypocritical. I pray that I am humble enough to do as 2 Corinthians 13:5 says, "Examine yourseles, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? --unless indeed you fail to meet the test!" Because Matthew 12:33-37 says, "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit. You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
I so desperately wanted to ask them if they knew how to get to heaven? Maybe they thought that if they dress a certain way or do certain things this will bring favor from God. Isaiah 64:6 "But we are like an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; we fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away." Maybe they had just done what their parents had told them and didn't have a need to understand the why?
When I worked as a bank teller they taught us how to look for counterfeit money. Interestingly enough they didn't show us all the different ways that people have frauded money, they taught us how real money was made. We learned what it feels like, what it's made of, the designs, numbers and everything that made a true bill. So I associated this with Christianity. We learn truth, from reading the Bible, so we know what it means to be a Christian. We try to be that example for our children, so that they see truth, because kids pick up on it so quickly. I believe that hypocrisy is the seed to rebellion in children. But God sees the heart of every one of us! And each of us will have to stand before Him one day.
The experience has been hard to get out of my mind, and I am constantly thinking about how and in what areas in my life I appear hypocritical. I pray that I am humble enough to do as 2 Corinthians 13:5 says, "Examine yourseles, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? --unless indeed you fail to meet the test!" Because Matthew 12:33-37 says, "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit. You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
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