Hola readers!

Maybe you consider yourself someone who doesn't lie, who's honest with people and doesn't stretch the truth.

I thought I was getting better at not stretching the truth or 'white lying' as some people call it. That was until I watched I Love Lucy and Ricky bets Lucy that she won't be able to go 24 hours without lying. 
Of course the episode is hilarious as Lucy goes about finding she has to be - at times - brutally honest with people and how much she really does lie, from having to let her friend know how horrible her furniture is, to telling her husband what she really thinks about him when he asks. 
And it showed me something too: How much I lie. 

I never realized it before, but am I honest when someone asks how I'm doing? If a friend asks how I like her outfit or makeup, do I truly tell her I'm not a fan? If someone asks me to pray and I say, "sure I will," and go by weeks...or forever...without doing so, do I consider myself a liar?



What if honesty was all I had for a day? A week? A lifetime? What if I had to be honest with people no matter what?
Would I have told my boss what my coworker did behind his back? When the pastor asked, "if you need prayer, come up front so we can pray for you," would I get out of my seat? If someone asked for prayer, would I, knowing how easily it is to forget, pray for them right there? If a friend asked you why you were avoiding her, would you tell her the truth? If you were asked why you were currently without a job, would you be bluntly honest that you really haven't looked that hard?

If I took honesty as seriously as God sees it, would I tell people more openly why I don't cuss? Would  I give more credit to God for the things only He could have done in my life? Would I let people know when I'm not OK? If I disagree with something theologically, would I be willing to say it in a more honest way instead of backing down out of intimidation?

It's easy to call myself someone who tells the truth. It's easy to say I'm as honest as possible. It's easy to be honest when I don't get hurt or get placed in a sticky situation. It's easy to sit here and write this post. It's just as easy for you to read it.

It's not so easy to be the one lovingly speaking the truth no matter what anyone else thinks.