The Dark Lie Rises

"The Dark Knight Rises is full of folks pretending to be what they're not. Some wear their deception on their faces in the form of a mask. Some hide even that telltale sign.


But some—especially Alfred—have had enough of the fabrications and facades. He wants Bruce to set aside his black mask, move on and live again. "Maybe it's time we stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day," he says.


The lie is eternal.


We don't think about lies as such, not at first. Rarely do we think about them at all. We don't build them to last or construct them with care. They are ugly, utilitarian things; lingual shields we forge with frenzied fury and cower behind when danger comes close. We think we need them to save what we treasure—reputations, friendships, careers—and then, when the danger passes, we try to discard them as so much scrap.


But we can't. Lies stick to us. We carry them with us—silent reminders of that moment of fear, that threat of disgrace. They stay with us always and sometimes grow, the weight pulling us downward as we become hunched, contorted, exhausted. It's the paradox of prevarications: After we form them, they form us.


We're left with a hard choice. We can try to unforge the thing, a delicate and dangerous duty. Or we can carry it to completion, until our last strength is spent and we are swept away, leaving only the lie behind."
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The above excerpt from pluggedin.com is a review of The Dark Knight Rises. This brief message greatly challenged me. What a great reminder of the 'wrongness' of lies, of the bondage of lies, and the end result of lies. With this realization fresh on my mind, I am asking the Lord to reveal to me where I am speaking lies--to myself, to others--whether in word, thought or deed. May you do the same and may we seek always to walk in truth.

"Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth." John 17:17