“Grandma, can we go on the carousel?”
“Emily, mommy told us not to ask,” her older sister Ashlyn admonished.
Undaunted, Emily continued. “Mommy said not to ask if we could go on the carousel. Mommy said not to ask if we could go on the train. Mommy didn’t say that we couldn’t go if someone asked us.”
While struggling to keep a straight face, I looked into her little face. Her five year old mind had the perfect solution. Listen to mommy but let grandma know that participating would be fine.
As adults don’t we sometimes use the same reasoning? The tax code didn’t actually mean that. No one at work said that it couldn’t be used at home. It wasn’t really a lie; he just didn’t ask that exact question. That wasn’t gossip; just a detailed prayer request.
Proverbs 16: 2 All a man’s ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the Lord.
Dear Lord, guide me to do what is right and not twist the truth. Amen
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