How often do you Lie?

So I am reading the book The Good and Beautiful Life by James Bryan Smith.  I am also working through a study of this book with some women and it has been some great discussion.

Last week our lesson was on Lying.  Each week we tackle a false narrative and character issue that we all face as humans.  So how often do you lie?  At the beginning of the week I was really thinking well not very often.  Well that quickly started to change once I read the chapter.  I can't say I walk around with premeditated lies ready to hurt people. With that said situations arise that I end up lying because the truth hurts.  For instance, when your daughter makes about 10 pretty pictures per day and you decide to throw some of them away.  She ends up seeing them in the trash and asks how it got in the trash?   Hmmmmmm  Yep I lied.  I told her Ooops it must of gotten in there by mistake.  Hug her and reassure her that all her pictures are beautiful.  What would you do?

I am not alone in this.  I am going to strive to be more honest.  Perhaps I will have to schedule my cleaning time after bedtime to avoid such situations in the future.  Silly example, but one that shows how even little lies are justified by the on telling the lie because the truth is hard.

I will strive to have better integrity and not lie at all.  I want to have the character that Jesus displayed and honesty is a must.