Tuesday; April 1

I have gone on the record on more than one occasion about how much I dislike April Fools Day.  Even though I am not a big fan of practical jokes, my biggest objection to it is how it gives people a license to play fast and loose with the truth.  Not only is lying allowed, it becomes socially acceptable.  I know, I know – I am being way too literal with this, but with as much untruthfulness as we have going on in our world, what we really need is a day when people are required to tell the truth!  We have enough foolishness going on in our world today, we should be lauding the truth and sanity that still exists.

It irritates me when people lie in court, in government or in business interactions, what really gets me irate is when people do it in religion.  Of all places where transparency is  valued, the spiritual world should reign supreme.  Now, it is easy to start pointing figures at those religious groups who disagree with us, but the truth of the matter is that when someone lies in the name of religion, we all lose!  While this is one of my pet peeves, what also concerns me is the gullibility of people.  It is one thing to misrepresent the truth – but, in the end, each one of us must know what the truth is.  By the way, in a world where the Word of God is so available, most of us are without excuse if we are hoodwinked.  

The Bible reminds us, “See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.” (Colossians 2:8).  Let’s make sure we are dedicated to telling the truth – and guarded in only believing it as well.

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