Honesty is the Best Policy

 

Honesty is the best policy. I heard it many times as a kid. Either it was a reminder about what the Bible says or a quilt trip telling me that I did something wrong. Wow!

Keep it honest. Even a baseball game is honest unless the umpire misrepresents a called play. Then the fans will voice their disapproval even though it doesn't matter.

As a kid I was always told to speak the truth no matter what the circumstances might be. It was part of our Christian ethics along with other good character traits. To disobey deserved punishment and who wanted to live under fear and punishment?

But if you watch the news these days you hear a different scenario. A story of more bad than good echoes from evil hearts. What happened to all the good in this world?

The bottom line appears to be all lies. Lie to your neighbor. Lie on your job. Even lie in the church. Everywhere we go it appears to be that lying is the accepted way of life. What happened to the truth?

A friend of mine just moved from China back to the United States. Over there dishonesty may be a way of survival. Here, he says, the Christian culture is a wonderful way of life, and the church is the hope of the world.

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Life is Precious

If we have love in our heart we like life. If we don't have love in our heart we may not like life. According to 1 Corinthians 13 the greatest gift to us from God is love.

Last Sunday the authorities located a missing women in Wyoming. An autopsy confirmed it to be Gabby Petito and a homicide. Now the FBI is searching for her boyfriend whom is missing and presumed to be a person of interest. 

Love and hate don't mix. It's like trying to put apples and oranges together. Either you 'like' which is a mild term or you 'hate' which is a stronger motivator. 

I am a Christ-follower for many years and live with a heart full of love. Living with the Bible as my guide I like life and for that reason I couldn't kill a fly.

What man in his right mind could kill Gabby? Is life precious to him. He probably doesn't even value his own life. My prayers go out to Gabby's mom and dad.

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Remembering Nine-Eleven

 

Remembrance is a gift. It's the privilege to reflect on things from our past. Things that we enjoyed thinking about. Perhaps an escape from the real world or something not so pleasant. And they say variety is the spice of life.

The good times with family always gives us lots of good things to talk about. A good dinner mixed with lots of chatter, who could forget it? Life is good.

Or an exciting baseball game with spectacular plays. Two teams fighting it out for first place in their division at the end of the regular season. Munching on a hot dog and sipping soda pop, baseball fans sat on the edge of their seats spellbound. With friends nothing could be any better.

Weddings, school graduations, and more, there are so many things to think about. However, some things are not so pleasant. Last Saturday we remembered and honored the three thousand brave men, women, and children who died in a senseless act caused by terrorist.

Nine-eleven will always be remembered as a day when hard working people were cut off and separated from family and friends for no apparent reason. Denied to enjoy life like so many of us. 

Revenge is not biblical, but sometimes I wish it were. I hope the perpetrators of this crime receive a just reward for what they have done.

Meanwhile we must move on and learn how to cope. Our prayers go out to the many families whom were affected by this tragedy.

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