Hold Sacred! Not Scared!

One of the greatest challenges of telling lies and stories is being able to remember what has been spoken before in order to keep it straight the next time it is shared. It is far easier to speak the TRUTH because the TRUTH does not change. One doesn't have to worry about what they have said before because the TRUTH that was first spoken will remain the truth to be spoken again.

Solomon stated. . .
"TRUTHFUL LIPS ENDURE FOREVER, BUT A LYING TONGUE IS BUT FOR A MOMENT." ( Proverbs 12:19 ESV)

The New Living Translation reads. . .
"Truth stands the test of time; lies are soon exposed." [NLT, (c) 1997, Tyndale House]

Untruths have a way of catching up with those who speak them. It is as if they become tangled in their own web of tales. It is a challenge to retain consistency with each telling and as time goes on that challenge becomes even more difficult! Untruths most often fall apart quickly through questioning and are in time ultimately revealed for what they truly are. Truthful words, on the other hand, can stand the tests of both interrogation and time.

TRUTH factors in to make a huge difference between the "sacred" and "scared." [note the shifting of only two letters in those words.] Keeping TRUTH "sacred" removes being "scared" of keeping it all straight and being found out. Holding to the TRUTH we don't have to fear being discredited, disproved, and put to shame, even if others refuse to accept the TRUTH.

This difference is also relative to holding to the TRUTH of God. Those who reject the TRUTH of God now will still someday have to reckon with it. His TRUTH stands! Holding it "sacred" -- and basing our life on it -- we don't have to be "scared" with regard to our hope for the future. As the TRUTH endures, so are those who will hold to it. Therefore, as the TRUTH stands, so may our life also!

Have a great day LIVING IN THE CONFIDENCE OF TRUTH!
Carl

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