Honesty

I know we have all had a moment in our life where we had to deal with honesty, or dishonesty. Whether it be us being honest or dishonest, or someone being honest or dishonest with us. I've been struggling with how to deal with some dishonesty that happened to me recently. It's been a real eye opening experience to see how someone can tell you one thing, and tell someone else another thing, knowing that those two people are in contact with each other all the time, and still do it. All it did was cause a rift between the two people, only because they thought the other one was at fault, when neither one of them had done anything wrong, according to what they had been told to do, or not do for that matter. The really crazy thing, is to think that the one who facilitated all this, didn't think that the two would talk it out, thus realizing what actually took place. We've come to the conclusion that nothing was actually going to be done about the issues that needed to be addressed, rather, the opposite was taking place. It seems that both parties that were on the outside ends of the whole charade were only told what they wanted to hear, and not being told what was actually going to happen. I see now that as one of the people on the end of this, that something definitely has to change in order for this to keep from happening to someone else. You know, the bible talks about how the tongue is such a powerful instrument.

James 3:6 states the following: And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that is defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire by hell.

This shows us just how dangerous it is to speak sometimes. We have to choose our words very carefully, so as to not cause turmoil among friends, tear relationships apart, misrepresent an institution, crush peoples hopes and dreams, ruin reputations. God understands how dangerous a tool the tongue can be, yet he still granted us the ability to speak. He grants us free will, but that doesn't mean that we can do whatever we want, that just means that we have to make a choice. The choice to do what's right. So please, the next time that you want to try to impose your agenda, or just say something that might not be 100 percent accurate, weigh your words very carefully. Make sure that they aren't going to cause turmoil, or have the possibility to cause turmoil. Remember, your sins will find you out. No matter how hard we try to conceal them, they will eventually come to the surface.