It’s All Over But The Lying (standard:humor, 896 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Nov 29 2020	Views/Reads: 1155/793	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
No good comes from lying. My great challenge is to acknowledge that I’m lying and then do something to correct that.

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quality for her. And I appreciate it. Nobody can get things done quite 
like the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage. 

Often she'll ask me, “How are you doing?” 

I take it as a trick question and reply, "I'm fine; thanks for asking."
As if that will solve the problem. 

Then she sees me go to the basket where we have our medicines. I have a
pain so I pick up the Tylenol and take several out and turn around and 
guess who I see? 

“What do you need that for?” 

Now, I'm in a pickle. I can't lie, and yet I don't want to tell the
whole truth. What in the world do I do? 

“What? This Tylenol? Oh, I'm taking it in precaution of a pain in my
knee I might get later this afternoon.” 

Then she said, “Which knee do you have the pain?” 

Now I'm in a dill pickle. So, I tell her it's my right knee. I just hope
I remember that the next time she asks. 

The next morning as I was walking through the kitchen, my wife said, "Do
you need some more Tylenol for your knee?" 

Then she asked “the” question, “Which knee did you say it was?” 

I can't remember hardly anything, she can remember everything, and so I
had a 50-50 chance of getting it right. 

Later that day, I thought of what David said, “Deliver my soul, O Lord,
from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.” (Psalm 120:2). 

No good comes from lying. My great challenge is to acknowledge that I'm
lying and then do something to correct that.


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