Pants on Fire

The average person lies four times a day. There’s one study done by the University of Massachusetts that says that 60% of people who meets a new person can’t have a 10-minute conversation without telling at least one lie. But hey, it’s just one little white lie, right? Wrong.

Lying quickly erodes that trust, hurting both parties in the process. Whether it is keeping secrets or telling a little white lie, lying destroys one of the fundamental pillars of a healthy relationship — trust. Lying separates and destroys relationships. It harms our relationships with each other, and it harms our relationships with God. I guess the old preacher was right when he said, “You’re never more like the devil than when you’re telling lies.”