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world has made truth as a rare commodity replacing it with rampant lies, Small compromises and vague explanations people make, groom them to become habitual
liars. Lies and denial start at a very young age. It is likely they were
corrected but inconsistency led them to make it a way of life. Lying becomes
their friends as long as it benefits them. It comes to a point where lying is more
comfortable than speaking the truth.
Travin Wax, the author of multiple books comments on a play written by Sebastian and says “Survival seemed at one point of time to depend not on truth but falsehood, and since no one wants to think of themselves as committed to lies, the solution is to reframe the grand falsehoods so that one maintains a respectable inward sense that the truth has not been sacrificed. In reality, however, the truth has been twisted. Devastatingly so.”. People camouflage lies with many factors including the noble ones.
Small compromises and adjustments with lies build up and spill to almost all areas of their lives. They rationalize saying, “why do I need to care whether I am respected and honored when life is smooth sailing for me without them.”. Unfortunately, people forget, accumulated lies can hit back at them like a massive Tsunami. Finally, it erupts as a national and global issue, affecting the society at large.
Our lies and adjustments do matter. The income that is earned as result of lies pays back in disaster. What we sow, we reap. This is the law of nature. You may make good money by lying and embezzling but not too long it causes pain and sorrow affecting the family too. The Bible says, “God cannot stomach liars; he loves the company of those who keep their word.”. People are obsessed with security and make money by all means (either by truth or falsehood) and hoard it deluding themselves for eternity on this earth. We fail to understand that we will cease to exist one day and at the same time face the judgement for all the lies we lived, lies we believed in terms of God and His existence. It is time we repent and follow the God of truth who said in the Bible, "I am the way, the truth and the life”, and further said, “You will know the truth and the truth shall set you free.”. You can make a commitment to follow the truth and be transformed.
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