During one of his political campaigns, a delegation called on Theodore Roosevelt at his home in Oyster Bay, Long Island. The President met them with his coat off and his sleeves rolled up. “Ah, gentlemen,” he said, “come down to the barn and we will talk while I do some work.” At the barn, Roosevelt picked up a pitchfork and looked around for the hay. Then he called out, “John, where’s all the hay?”
“Sorry, sir,” John called down from the hayloft. “I ain’t had time to toss it back down again after you pitched it up while the Iowa folks were here.”
He was caught in a lie. Ted wasn’t the first president to have that happen and won’t be the last. How are you doing in the lie category?
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape.
Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are His delight.
Give it some thought the next time you’re trying to impress someone.
Gary