“Do you understand all these things?” They answered, “Yes.” The word honest, is an interesting word for us to consider, take to prayer then use as a measure in our own life to determine if our relationship with God is true and truly honest. In that same measure, can we say the same about being honest in our relationships and interactions with one another and even in the manner, we see and judge ourselves? Are we honest in the purest sense of the word? Meaning, to be honest is to be true without any falsehood, deception, lie or malicious or bad intention. To be honest is to think, respond and act in a way that is true and trustworthy and provides the whole truth and nothing but the truth without any sort of deceit. Are you truly honest in your conversations, messages, postings, and interactions with others? Are you honest without being dishonest in your dialogue with God without omitting or hiding something from God? Ever wonder why we try to lie or be dishonest with God when He already knows? Do you say you pray and really don’t want to? Do you say you are going to pray but have no intention in doing so? Do you pray but really don’t pray? Be honest. Are you honest with yourself in your own conversations with yourself either in the interior silence of your mind or said aloud when you talk to yourself? Can you imagine we lie to ourselves and even lie about lying to ourselves. We make ourselves believe that our words, behavior, and actions are okay when we know they are not. We try to justify dishonesty and make excuses for it. We say “yes” we understand something when we really don’t. We say “I know” or make gestures that we know the answer when we really don’t. We say we didn’t say that or we insinuate we didn’t say anything at all when we know we really did. There is such a freedom in being honest and living life honestly. We don’t have to backtrack or add to a lie or invent new ones. The truth truly sets you free. Always being honest and genuine in all your interactions and relationships means not having to worry about recalling or remembering something you said or did not say to one person and perhaps differently to another. Acting honestly does not cause you to be concerned about what you did or did not do because the truth is, we remember or honestly, we forgot.
