The Truth Always Comes Out...

I have noticed that I have turned this blog into a venting source rather than keeping track of my weight loss. I don’t know if it’s because I haven’t had too much to blog about as far as weight-loss is concerned, or that I am a whiny man who has a lot of issues to air out. All I know is that it feels great getting my thoughts and feelings out for the world to read!
This week I want to address the topic of telling the truth. It is such a simple concept but it is one of the hardest things that we as humans have to deal with, being truthful and honest in everything we do. We all lie, whether it’s a small fib or a double life, we all fall victims of this practice. I know I have.

When I was younger I lied to my parents, I lied about my grades, lied about skipping school, lied about breaking the mayo jar. I was a little hellion who had to cover up with stories that sometimes didn’t even make sense. I am not proud of it, although I would like to think that it was just my immature child in me that did all that, I tell myself that we all told a few lies here and there when we were kids.

As an adult I have found that the reasons why we lie have not changed much. Some people lie to make themselves look better. Some poor sap who hasn’t done anything in his life might show up at his high school reunion and say he is some big shot banker. We sometimes lie to cover our butts, like the woman who has been cheating on her husband and lies about who she was with the night before. Sometimes we lie because we are ashamed of the things we do, like that friend you all have who is hooked up with that girl no one likes and lies to everyone that he’s not with her but everyone knows he is. For whatever reason, we all lie, some less than others but we all do it. I know I have in my adulthood, lucky for me I admit to it so I have tried to do all I could to redeem myself for that.

Lying sucks, we do it and most of us feel bad about it, but when the thing about lying that I have learned is that the truth will always come out no matter what, and when it does it can hurt more than the lie itself. I have experienced that many times in my life, I have been lied to and then later on the truth comes out. I have lied and then later on had to confess and apologize. But some lies hurt more than others. Like for example, when I get married (which is not anytime soon) I hope that I can tell my future wife everything about my past, everything that might come up later that might hurt her, it’s her right to know. I have a shady past, I have made mistakes in my life, and I would want her to know everything so that if it ever comes up one day, she is not surprised. I would ask her to forgive me, as the Lord has forgiven me and if the truth was too much for her, then we would move on. But I most certainly would never lie to her, because a new family, a new married couple, cannot last based on lies. It just doesn’t work that way. My mother always told me that whatever starts bad, ends bad. It’s so true, so why start a new life, a new family based on lies?

We all make mistakes, it’s that natural man in us that surfaces and makes us do what we do, but we all have a part of our Heavenly Father with us as well, we are His children, literally. He sent His Son to die for our sins so that we may be with Him once again. If He has forgiven us, then that heavenly part inside us should be able to forgive others. But how can I be forgiven of what I have done if I keep it to myself? It is impossible, it can’t be done. My friends, I urge you that we pray for each other that we may be truthful at all times and that when we mess up, we have the strength to redeem and fix the wrongs we have done, but mostly, the strength and humility to forgive those who have wronged us. This world would be so much better if we were all like the innocent babies we once were. May God bless you all.