Pam Padgett, member of the body of Christ
On Tuesday's blog was shared Psalm 34:13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
As I was putting that scripture on the blog Monday, the word "guile" stood out to me, so I stopped and looked up the definition and added that to the blog. One of the definitions especially stood out to me ... "the practice of deceiving people or using other dishonest methods to achieve your aims"
The head office woman from the dentist's office, Mary Beth, called Tuesday morning. Joan has an appointment next Monday to have a temporary crown removed and replaced with a permanent crown, and had sent a note letting the dentist know that she had technically died twice at ER last Tuesday and was now in hospice because of her heart problem.
When Mary Beth called, she said she was shocked to read Joan's email and asked me "What happened?" I told her ... but deliberately told her about only 2 times of Joan passing out (heart stopping) last Tuesday, when there had been 3 events, 1 at home and 2 at the ER. And I didn't tell her that the doctors wanted to put a pace maker in but Joan declined.
I was afraid that fully disclosing everything might cause the dentist to not want to do the scheduled work next Monday. Getting this crown finished has dragged out almost 2 months already, and I wanted it to be done.
But as soon as I got off the telephone, I was convicted of what I had done. Not telling the whole truth in order to achieve my "aim" is wrong in the sight of God, not something we should do, as we see in Psalm 34:13. So I called Mary Beth back and told her I needed to tell her two more things.
And I just prayed and asked God to work this out in the best way for Joan. This removed all fear.
I'm really glad for how God helped me correct my way, and thought it encouraging that the scriptures we share was used in this.
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