Here’s a news flash for you: people lie. People lie all the time. I was very fortunate as a young girl. I had one of those faces that said, “I’m lying, and you know it.” Actually, I was doubly fortunate, because my mother told me, “Don’t even try to lie. It’s written all over your face.” So I was stuck with telling the truth. I just wish everybody else was stuck with the truth, too.

I found that the best way to know if something was true or false was to trace the source. Who says? And what do you know about who said it? Has this source been trustworthy in the past and how often? Always, most of the time, sometimes, or rarely. What are the odds that a piece of information is true, partially true, partially false, or completely false? And does it matter? I’m asking you if it matters. Do you want to repeat or even believe a lie? And if you believe a lie, what does that do to your logical thinking?

Today everyone is talking about “fake news.” Many reporters and politicians have personal agendas. They hate certain people and ideas that do not agree with them and their ideas. And they want you to hate them, too. So, they make up stories that will damage that person or idea, and they report it to you as facts. Once any of them tells one false story or becomes emotional instead of objective, I never listen to them or their news organization again. They have become an unreliable source of information.

I have found a source that never lies. I believe that the Word of God is His infallible truth. Why do I believe this? Because I read it. Something inside says, “That is true, and you know it.” Then, I have put it to the test. I have held its values up against modern trends and found the error advanced in those trends. I have tried to follow the principles described and found that they bring success. I have deliberately refused to follow its direction and suffered the consequences. So I can tell you without a doubt that if you are seeking the truth, you can trust that source all the time. But don’t take my word for it. Read it yourself. Try it out yourself.