Genesis 18:15
But Sarah denied it, “I didn’t laugh,” she lied, for she was afraid.
I just realized that I lied today!
It went like this:
I took out expired batteries and just put them in a corner in the kitchen.
I kept on postponing on giving them to our maid to pack away (as toxic garbage).
Days passed and my older sister saw the expired batteries gathering dust and asked me in frustration why they weren’t disposed of yet.
(And what follows is like Genesis 18:15!)
But I denied it.
“I don’t know why they’re still there. I thought the maid already threw them away,” I lied, for I was afraid.
I can’t believe that white lie came out of my mouth. It wasn’t even a big matter. It was a trivial thing!
I even tried to convince myself that I really did ask the maid to throw it away. It wasn’t my fault. It was the maid’s! I buried my conscience with that thought and chose to forget the matter.
But when I read Genesis 18, the words seemed to pop out of the page: “She lied.”
And I realized I had sinned and took it lightly.
I am so sorry, Lord.
It shames me how childish I was.
If I can’t tell the truth, what good am I to You?
I think there were more times when I lied but didn’t even think much about it.
Oh please help me to be true, especially in the little things.
For how can You use me in the big things if I’m not even dependable in the little things?
Thank You for correcting me.
You correct so lovingly and earnestly,
Not accusingly and condemningly.
I’m so blessed to have a Father in you.