More than two millennia ago, the writer of Proverbs had this to say:
Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say;
Proverbs 8: 6-8, italics mine
I open my lips to speak what is right.
7 My mouth speaks what is true,
for my lips detest wickedness.
8 All the words of my mouth are just;
none of them is crooked or perverse.
Let’s take a closer look at verse 8. In the text, Wisdom is speaking, and says this about the words she utters: “none of them is crooked or perverse.”
What a wonderful thing it would be if we — in these troubling times — could say the same thing when we hear or read of things our leaders have said!
We hear a lot of spin, evasions and outright falsehoods virtually anytime we listen to, read or view the news these days.
The lies we’re hearing are pervasive. They’re deliberate. And they’re causing untold harm.
We might wonder how long this tragic state of affairs will go on.
I don’t know.
But I do know that it’s imperative that we recommit ourselves to speaking the truth. To recoil from deception and lies.
And to refuse to accept lying and deceit from those who hold positions of power and authority in this pivotal time in which we live.
Brother Ben
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