"But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God."
2 Corinthians 4:2
I like the way this scripture kind of just tells us to live our lives in the foreground... not to shadow or shade anything as a backdrop, or hide anything in the wings or behind the curtain, but to live purely, so that nothing has to be hidden. Wouldn't it be amazing if we were all 100% truthful with each other? It would take some getting used to, definitely... but it would be so cool to not have to translate everything from what you think into what you say. Some of that is just some mental discipline of course. If everyone is always going to know what you are thinking (and who knows, maybe it will eventually be that way in the Celestial Kingdom), then we'd better learn to be a lot more organized and kind in our thoughts. :) I think that the feeling would be just unbelievably ... freeing is perhaps the word... to be able to live without being ashamed of anything. To be able to commend ourselves to every man's conscience, and not have one particle of doubt that we had offended someone or influenced anyone for evil. I like it... the only problem is, at least for me, is that I never know the first steps to getting there. Here, it helps a little. Let's work on honesty first. Today, let's tell the truth. Don't lie. Don't deceive... and, you know... when we have that mastered, then we'll address what to do next. :)
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