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Hello everyone and welcome to the Faith Lake Her podcast. It's Joy, and today our lesson is titled Truth for Her. Um, all about telling the truth even if we know we're gonna get in trouble. So, um, before we get started, let's play a game. So, this game is actually something you can do in your own time, but it's something I already did. So, it's kind of like a craft, but it's to make a summer bucket list. Yes, I said summer, it's finally summer, and although I'm a little sad that I had to leave all my friends and classmates, but I'm happy that I can have a little break for the summer. Not for my friends from school. Um anyway, I just did my summer bucket list on Canva and printed it, but you can just write yours down or design one, whatever, or keep it in your head, whatever works best for you. Um, so I'm just gonna tell you what I have on my summer bucket list. So on it I have number one to get a really cute Alani shirt online. Um and the other one is to have some friends over this summer, and the next one is to learn how to do some really cute hairstyles. Um, the next one is to get some really cute churchy dress shirts, and the next one is to make a whole dinner and dessert for my family, just because my mom has been wanting me to like make dinner and I actually kind of want to see what I can make. The next one is to have a garage sale, the next one is to read 10 books for my teacher, the next one is to try the new Alani flavors. I'm so excited. Then the next one is to start a Pinterest board, and there's a couple other ones, but it's a long list, so yeah. And that's that. So I encourage you to start your own so you can have some fun goals this summer. And now let's do our highs and lows. So my high was that I got a really yummy, like dirty soda called berry bougie, and it tasted like the gums called, I think they're called like bubble yum. I think that's what they're called. It was so good. And my low was that I got a pizza stain from Sam's Club on my favorite skirt. So that was just wonderful. Um, anyway, let's just get to our lesson now. So we are learning how to tell the truth, even when it's really hard to do. And a verse that we are going to begin with is Ephesians 4.25, wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. Now, there are a bunch of different things you could lie about, but the two we are going to talk about today is lying about somebody and lying about something you did. Um, I don't want to sound bad, but I have done many both of these many times. Um, so for example, of something bad that I did that I lied about. Um I was at my old school and there was this kid um who some of us kind of made fun of, and I really regret it now. But um it wasn't like he didn't know it, it was just quiet teasing, I guess, but um we were making fun of him kind of while he was reading a book. I mean it was like not even talking, just making kind of like hand signals, I guess. I don't know. But um the girl who was doing it I started doing it because she was doing it, and then she told on me for doing it. This was like second grade, um, but she told on me for doing it, and then I got in trouble, and I said that she was the one doing it. She didn't even get in trouble, but I got in trouble, then I kept lying about it, and I said, Oh, well, there was just something funny in the book, or um, and then this other girl just totally ratted me out. But it was my fault, and I'm not proud of that moment at all. But even if we know we're gonna get in so much trouble, and yes, I would not recommend lying to a teacher because just speaking from lots of experience, that's they seem to know everything, and they always, always, always find out the truth. And it's not pretty when they do. Anyway, like seriously, it wasn't pretty. Um, but the Bible says that we should not lie because God is perfect and he doesn't lie. And we are told to be like God and desire to be godly. So if God doesn't lie, then we shouldn't do it, or desire to lie. And when you lie about something you have done, it really does hurt your reputation reputation. It makes people not want to trust you with their secrets, problems, or needs. It makes them not want to be around you, and you're hurting God when you lie too, which is the most important reason not to lie in the first place. Because once you tell one lie, it leads to another, then another, and another, and so on. It's a very bad thing to lie. And after you did lie, you honestly just have so much guilt you wonder why you did it in the first place. Did you know that lying is actually one of the Ten Commandments? Yes, it is. The Bible says in Exodus 20, verse 16, thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. So obviously, if it's in the Bible, then it's important. But if it's in the Ten Commandments, then come on, yeah, you should not do it. And to break that verse down for you really quick, um, bear false witness is like lying about someone or giving false information, and when it says thy neighbor is just talking about other people. Um so now we can start talking about why you shouldn't lie about other people. And it says in Zechariah 8 16, these are the things that ye shall do. Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor, execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates. Now let's do a simple and easy breakdown of that verse for a simple breakdown. So when it says, These are the things that ye should do, um God is telling his people how they should live. And speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor, tell the truth to other people, execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates, so make fair, honest, and peaceful decisions. So I guess you could say that talking to other people is like about bad bad about other people is kind of like gossiping. So I was actually at an under the sea banquet, and it was like really formal, um, really fancy, and um there was this rumor going around about someone else, and this one girl just came up and spilled the entire thing to me, and I really regret staying and listening. But um this I went up to this one uh boy and I asked if it was true, because he's like a couple grades ahead of me, but I asked if it was true, cause it and then he said, I don't think I should tell you because you're a teenage girl. And I didn't take that offensively because teenage girls do gossip a lot. But he told me anyway because I'm pretty sure I have a I guess I have a reputation for not telling, because he told me, and another girl who was also trustworthy. But at the beginning of the year I did spill some secrets that I shouldn't have. But as you can see, it just hurts everyone. And can I just say now that you will have an awesome reputation if you just don't lie and tell the truth. Um and um here's what could sometimes happen if you don't lie. So, sorry I said that weird, if you don't lie, um, but um there was this boy at my school and um there was this group of boys and they threw a headband at me from The Lost and Found, and I don't know how they got it, it was from the Lost and Found, but um I threw it back and we weren't supposed to throw things because we were literally in choir, but I threw it and it hit the boy in the eye. So it was actually my principal. He's never in choir, but he happened to be in choir that one time, and then he was like, they were talking about how I threw it, and um they were like, Okay, and then um he's like, he's a he's not scary, he's just firm. And then he was like, Okay, who did it? And I literally felt my tongue like sting because I was so scared. I literally lost all taste in my mouth, and I was just scared to death. But I literally knew I knew that if I'd lied, it would be so much worse than I just said, I think it was me. And I don't know why I said I think it was me, because I knew it was me. Then everyone made fun of me after for saying I think it was me. But I really am glad I told the truth because I didn't get in trouble. He just said, Okay, thank you for telling me, I just had to acknowledge it. So, yeah, make sure you don't lie. So that's all for this week. Thank you for listening to the Faithful Her Podcast. This has been Toy Stancil, and I'll see you next week. Make sure to check out our Instagram page at Faithful Her Podcast, and yeah, bye.