Proverbs 13:5
As a kid, I hated many vegetables. Some were so disgusting that I got physically sick just by them being placed on my dinner plate. While I have grown to enjoy eating most vegetables, I can still remember the physical repulsion associated with just the thought of asparagus being place on my plate! While I had not taken a bite, my body would physically react.
We should be the same about lying - physically repulsed by the use of lies in our daily life. Unfortunately, our behavior mimics that of our eating habits. Little by little, we alter our eating habits until we learn to enjoy vegetables. Likewise, our use of lies has less and less impact upon our conscience. And then one day, we are no longer bothered about lying to others.
Solomon encourages us to hate lying. Not dislike, not favor nor ignore but aggressively focus our energy in physically preventing us from lying. Have you lost your love of "white lies" or harmless lies? Follow Solomon's lead and lose your love for the nasty habit.
