Our 7 year old son, Walter lied to me today.  We were listening to music and it was hip hop bouncy music and he got a little out of control with a soft squishy bat and banged it against the side of the couch.  I happened to be sitting at the moment on the couch so I knew it hit pretty hard.  When I asked him about it, he lied.  I showed him the mark on the couch and I was able to talk him into confessing that not only did he do it, but he lied about doing it as well.

Walter has hard time with disappointment.  He doesn't like to disappoint people and is very hard on himself when he does "stupid things." 

I told him tonight it wasn't the soft bat against the couch that made me so angry.  It was that he didn't love me enough to trust me with the truth.  He didn't love me enough to tell me the truth and it hurt.

He didn't fool me when he lied.  I felt that smack.  God sees when we do stupid things, THINK stupid things...and He wants us to love Him enough to be honest with Him.

Isn't He worth our trust and worth our honesty?