Is it ever right to tell a lie? Is there ever a circumstance that you can think of that will justify you telling a lie?

I am sure you heard the phrase It was just a little white lie—what is that anyway?

Is telling partial truths the same thing as lying?

Is a lie a lie and always a sin?  Was Rahab wrong for lying to protect the the two spies?

I am interested in your views on this. Lying is something that really bothers me.

I think that is because I have trust issues because of being lied to so many times.

Someone told me this story:

I am walking up a hill with my wagon and in the wagon are bricks of all my worries bit along the way I start picking up others bricks taking on their worries and I allow others to put their bricks in my wagon as well. I could not pull my wagon anymore—-I ask God why I could not make it to the top of the hill. He reminded me that if I did not take on others worries than I could make it. I need to take their bricks out of my wagon to make it lighter.

I have decided I no longer can be concern with people who want me as a casual friend. Someone who is always here when they need me but will in a instant run in someone better comes along and wants to spend time with them.Just because I might not say anything does not mean I am not hurting. I am deeply.

If you are treating someone this way please understand you are hurting them and you might not know it.

I really do not like those two words together. BEST FRIENDS.     

Moving so much growing up did not give me a chance to establish true friends let alone a best friend.

Everything we have been through the last 21 years has not given me much of a chance to do it either.

So it is no wonder I struggle in this area.

Last night Mike read from the daily bread and the subject was you got it Best Friends. The author use David and Jonathan of course.

He describe a friend this way– Friends listen to our heartaches without blaming us for having problems.They defend us when we are under attack–They are happy when we succeed and sad when we fail,  They give us wise counsel to keep us from making foolish choices They even risk making us angry for the sake of making us right.

Meadows wrote the poem for this page

I do not ask for many friends,

But give me Lord the few

Whose loyalty and faithfulness

Are first of all to You.

True friends are like diamonds–precious and rare.

If you have a few friends like this be so very thankful because there are those of us who struggle to find such friendship.