Greetings All

Greetings in the truthful name of Jesus Christ,
I believe I can be relatively sure that we were all raised with at least one common parental belief; we should always tell the truth. We also learned early on that telling the truth has consequences, sometimes painful. We have all heard the "cherry tree" story about George Washington, and we know about "honest" Abe Lincoln; models to be followed. As adults we finally learned the only honest person ever was Jesus Christ. He told only the truth, and definitely paid the price...for us. Being honest has favourable results, namely a clean conscience and no need to remember which lies have been told!

Proverbs 12:17 "A truthful witness gives honest tetimony, but a false witness tells lies."

But honesty goes beyond the spoken word; it encompases our actions as well. One thing I began telling my kids when they were little is a rule to be followed for life; IF IT'S NOT YOURS, DON'T TAKE IT. My wife was raised on the other side of the world, and guess what...she taught her kids the same thing!! Honesty, it's plain, simple, and guilt free!

Proverbs 16:8 "Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right."

Of course, Paul had to challenge the future generations with this statement...

Acts 24:16 "And here-in do I exercise myself, to always have a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men."

Wow, that's a toughie, but worth pursuit!

May God richly bless you all...
Now is th Time for Worship!