If you want broken relationships in your life, there's one sure way to get them: lie. Be dishonest and deceitful, and people will run from you. Be fake in all that you do, and you will miss out on what it means to have true friends. Or, choose a different way: be honest. Once you come to terms with your brokenness, find someone to share it with that you trust. Be real. Be yourself. Be authentic. Through this, you will begin to have healing and restoration in relationships. If you want to be loved, then love. Love doesn't hide behind masks, and it doesn't lie. For some reason, I can't help but think of Star Trek's Spock as one who didn't seem to have the capacity to lie, but upon parting, he would say the famous "Live long and prosper." That's hard to do for one who doesn't live in truth.
Readings: Deuteronomy 29:1-30:20; Luke 11:37-12:7; Psalms 78:1-31; Proverbs 12:19-20
