By Peter Kennedy
“Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land?” – Acts 5:3
On the morning of March 5, 2019, Adrianna Green called 911 to say that her neighbor had been hurling racist insults at her, and her friend Dyma Loving. The neighbor then pulled out a shotgun and threatened to shoot her. Four officers reported to the scene and interviewed Green and Loving about the incident before going to the neighbor’s home to interview him about the allegations.
They told Loving and Green “not to go anywhere.”
Then two more officers reported to the scene. One of the officers, Alejandro Giraldo, pushed Dyma Loving against a fence before grabbing her by the neck and pulling her to the ground. Giraldo said he made the arrest because Loving “would not obey commands,” was “uncooperative,” and was “screaming at us, causing a scene in a residential neighborhood.”
But police body cameras, as well as someone who videoed the arrest, showed Loving was not uncooperative and that officer Giraldo had lied in his report.
There is no such thing as a “white lie.” Deceit in any form is a sin. Today in prayer, confess any sin of lying to the Lord and seek to make matters right.
“Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
God’s Word: “I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things have I given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you.” - 1 Chronicles 29:17
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