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HONORING SENIORS
LYING:

A Modern

Art

Form

Evidently some as one “who speaks the
of the top dogs in truth from his heart and has
journalism and no slander on his tongue.”
politics and industry Such a person, David went
today should have on to say, “casts no slur on
had a mama like his fellowman” (Ps. 15:2-3).
Inspiration
mine. Lying has
y father and become their native My cell phone rang
mother were not tongue. Lies are nothing yesterday. The caller was
Mchild abusers, new, of course. They have a scammer whose digital
but, typical of most godly been causing us trouble ever equipment let her fake the
parents in the WWII era, since Eden. But in my eight actual locale she was calling
they swatted my bottom decades, I can’t remember from. Her opening words
more than once when I a time when fake news was were deceit, designed to
needed it. My very first the norm, and our biggest trick me into believing that
paddling - at least, the first banks practiced fraud, I was already a customer
one I remember - happened and spreading slanderous of her disguised company.
when I was still three falsehoods was the most I have no idea what this
years old, or barely four. common political strategy slick-tongued crook wanted
While Mom was napping all across the land. to sell me because I hung up
one afternoon, I snitched on her. But I wondered later
a nickel out of my twenty- God’s description of low- why any company would
five-cent allowance and life prevaricators in the expect me to do business
used it to buy a popsicle days of the ancient psalmist with them if they start off by
when the ice cream man Asaph perfectly captures telling me lies.
rolled by. And then I lied what we’re seeing all
about it. My dear mother around us today. As The We need to follow the
made sure I learned that Message translates Psalm example of Jesus. He seldom
day that the surest way 50:19, God told those no- spoke without saying to
to get into big trouble in good deceivers, “Lying is a start with, “I’m telling you
our family was to tell a lie. serious art form with you.” the truth” (“Verily, verily,”
Whatever offense we might the old King James phrased
have committed, lying to Another great psalmist, it). Truth is all any of us
cover it up quadrupled the King David, described a ever should speak.
penalty. blameless, righteous person

by Gene Shelburne, Minister Gene Shelburne may be addressed at 2310 Anna St.,
Amarillo, TX 79106-4717 or at GeneShel@aol.com.
Anna Street Church of Christ Get his books or magazines at www.annastreetchurch.com.

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