Will the real liar please stand

This is from one of my books; one of them waiting to be published.

It’s been a long time since I’ve had the chance to lie. Not that I haven’t had the
opportunity to lie but just don’t feel led on a daily basis to try to convince someone of
something I know that is totally false. I normally try to stick with what’s true, basically
because I can’t remember much anymore and I’m not smart enough to keep the lies
straight. When you can’t remember things it’s best to stick with the truth because that
doesn’t change.
The other night at Youth group three of us leaders were sent in the hallway. We
had submitted to the youth minister earlier in the week something crazy we did when we were in Junior high. In the hallway we were told of one of the leaders, one of the three, incidents in junior high. We then went back in the room and sat in the front. The kids asked us questions about the incident and all three of us were trying to convince the kids that we did it.
It was amazing as the story unfolded as the two other leaders lied and made up
stories more amazing than the original. It was hysterical. And the kids believed it; hook,
line and sinker. This went on for 6 times. Each time the participants were more creative
in their fabrication and elaborating on the little information given and just making it up as they went. Only one time did the kids get it right as to who was lying and who was
telling the truth. The last one was about someone who was caught sneaking out of their
house when they were young. The guy in the middle had everyone believing what he
said; even me. It was hysterically funny and yet at the same time a bit alarming. It is so
easy to get caught in making the story better. Each time the kids asked a question those
up front came up with stuff that was just too good to NOT believe. It had to be true
because it sounded way too funny to be a lie.
Every time the two liars stood up and the real truth teller was revealed it was
amazing as to how difficult it was to believe. The others told such incredible lies.
In the world we live in there are times when the truth is so challenged by lies. We hear
people talking and it sounds so real it has to be the truth. We go by what we think not by
what the facts are. We get caught up in the excitement of the moment as the stories
unwind before us and our heads spin as we listen to the stories coming at us from all
sides. We believe and marvel at the most creative story. We listen to everyone and try to
believe it all because it all sounds feasible. Everything in life has to be paralleled with
truth. Everything we hear has to listen to through the truth meter of God’s word. We
look at people’s eyes and think that they wouldn’t lie to us. We can’t look at the amount
of others who think its truth and think that many people can’t be wrong. We have to take
everything we hear, read, see and are challenged in life with to the Bible and lay it side
by side by the principles God laid out. We have to test whether it’s good or evil. We
have to listen and not get caught up in the moment.
Will the real liar please stand?