Lying Lips

When American businessman Armand Hammer died at the age of ninety-two he was hailed as a great man and confidant of world leaders. However it wasn't long until the truth emerged. It was reported that Hammer got started early in his career laundering money for the Soviet Union. He managed to make money off a string of broken marriages. He allowed his father to go to prison for a botched abortion that he, himself, had performed. And when his brother died, he filed a $667,000 claim against the $750,000 estate rather that giving it to his nephews and his deceased brother's widow who was living in a nursing home. And on top of it all, he hired a string of ghostwriters to write false autobiographies about his life. No one bothered to come to his funeral, including his own son. His nurse, a chauffeur and a few other personal employees had to be pressed into service as pallbearers. Pitiful, huh? Psalm 120:2 says, "Save me, O Lord, from lying lips." Falsehoods worked for the most part while Hammer was alive but it caught up with him at his death. More importantly, though, is that he never fooled God. Lying gets us into trouble sooner or later. I mean, let's be honest.!