Between Sunday School and Morning Worship at our church, the elder’s wife would put out “snacks” for the children (while the adults sought out the coffee urn in hopes of staying awake for the preaching). Each child was to take an orange and a cookie.
A little girl took two oranges, and lied about it when she was confronted. “We don’t lie, because God is watching”, she was told.
The young lady meekly went back to the table and returned the two oranges. She moved down the snack table and took two cookies instead. Again, she was caught, and again she lied about taking the cookies.
When asked why she had lied again, she said that, “I thought God was only watching the oranges.”
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Dr Bob Griffin
"Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!"