{"id":4521,"date":"2013-04-01T10:10:23","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T14:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/doinglifetogether\/?p=4521"},"modified":"2013-04-01T10:10:23","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T14:10:23","slug":"april-fools-lying-is-no-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/doinglifetogether\/2013\/04\/april-fools-lying-is-no-joke.html","title":{"rendered":"April Fools? Lying is No Joke!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freedigitalphotos.net\/images\/agree-terms.php\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4524\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/258\/2013\/04\/thumbs-down.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>He was having an affair. The boss looked him in the eyes and said, &#8220;Pretend like this is God sitting and talking to you. Are you having an affair with a co-worker?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He looked her in the eyes and said, &#8220;No, I am not.&#8221; The problem was it was not April Fools. He was having an affair and he flat lied to his boss. The man calls himself a Christian.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s no joke when someone lies to you. And God made a major point about lying when Ananias and Sapphira told a lie about selling property in the book of Acts. God had them fall over dead from those lies.<\/p>\n<p>But today, lying seems to be in style and even encouraged at times. And while God may not strike dead a person for lying, we should not forget the consequences of sin. Lying is a sin. It is deception and impacts your relationships.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes people justify lying to a partner because he or she thinks the person can&#8217;t handle the truth. Yet the truth is usually revealed at some point and the lie makes the betrayal even worse.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes people lie because they think others can&#8217;t handle the truth. The truth may be difficult to hear, causing tremendous emotional upheaval, but is still better than being lied to.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes people live with people who lie because they want their lifestyle to continue. I treated a number of clients who chose to live with a lie in order to maintain their prestige and lifestyle. Yet the lie always resulted in pain.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes people lie to make themselves look better than they are. Little &#8220;white lies&#8221; are harmless, right? Wrong, God makes no distinction in lies. A lie is a lie.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the reason for lying, it doesn&#8217;t work out in the end. The saying, &#8216;The truth will find you out&#8221; is usually the case. Tell the truth up front. While it might be hard to do, the end result is usually better than betraying someone or lying and breaking their trust.<\/p>\n<p>April Fools? Only today for fun! The rest of the year, be honest!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He was having an affair. The boss looked him in the eyes and said, &#8220;Pretend like this is God sitting and talking to you. Are you having an affair with a co-worker?&#8221; He looked her in the eyes and said, &#8220;No, I am not.&#8221; The problem was it was not April Fools. 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