Honesty

I’m excited to spend the next several weeks talking about honesty and some of the very practical reasons that God teaches and guides us to be honest:

When you're not truthful, you hurt the people you should care about most. Joseph is sold by his brothers and they tell lies to cover it up.

(Genesis 37:45)

Lying to hurt someone else really hurts YOU. Haman's deceitful plot backfired on him. (Esther 3:5,7)

Truthfulness builds friendships; dishonesty tears them down. Jesus gave even wee, little, fraudulent Zacchaeus a do-over. (Luke 19)

You can lie so much you forget what matters. Disloyal Judas forgot, or deceived himself, about what matters most.

(Matthew 26:27)

As a mother of two boys, teaching them to be honest speaks right to my heart. I want to teach them and your children that honest thoughts, words and actions weave together to strengthen trusting, happy relationships with others and God. Dishonesty creates a web of deception! This deception will weave a web that ensnares us, tearing at the fabric of our relationships with others and God.

So if you find a spider ring on their finger or a spider in their pocket this month know it’s all about teaching them to be careful about what they weave.

In His Adventure,

Allyson

Allyson A. Campbell

Children’s Pastor