can you ever be "too" honest? i know that biblically we are told not to lie, which in my mind includes bending the truth and conveniently forgetting to tell all the bits of the truth. but in the past i have been on the receiving end of someone who is being honest, at least in their mind, and feels the need to share with me what seems to be all their ever is to share. i think i immediately sense when the 'too honest' line has been crossed. but i couldn't define it. but it's hard when being honest with someone else to tell when you get to that too honest line. if the truth is good, why does it have to be so uncomfortable or hurt so much? i guess we're just broken people. well, i know we are.
i am looking forward to cleaning my room on the weekend. that's not a lie.
Category: WhatevernessWouldn't the difference be that sometimes situations demand honesty, sometimes they demand discretion usually they demand both. It's not lying to not say everything that's on your mind or that ever happens. It is lying to leave out the bits of truth that a pertinant to particular questions and situations.
The truth that sets us free is not our truth, but God's. God's truth is truth motivated by love. Ours doesn't always have that same motivation.
Posted by: Tom at September 15, 2005 06:18 PMi'm right up there wih tom - there's what feels like being honest - but isn't necessarily helpful, or even really 'true' - it's just one version of reality. Then there's the way that God sees the world - which is always true. Not all of us need to know all of the facts all of the time either - privacy can be a very helpful thing!
Posted by: steve at September 18, 2005 07:58 PM