Kristin Posted July 29, 2019 Group: Senior Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 27 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 875 Content Per Day: 0.41 Reputation: 757 Days Won: 1 Joined: 06/04/2018 Status: Offline Share Posted July 29, 2019 (edited) My mother is a reasonably nice woman. But my whole life she lies. About anything and everything. Dumb stuff mostly. But she lies. She is 82 and I’m visiting her right now and hear her on the phone and it’s just making up stuff. I don’t know what to think. It’s always been like this. She Lies all the time. She claims to be a Christian. Edited July 29, 2019 by Kristin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeauJangles Posted July 29, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 44 Topic Count: 229 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 10,900 Content Per Day: 2.93 Reputation: 12,145 Days Won: 68 Joined: 02/13/2014 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/14/1954 Share Posted July 29, 2019 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Kristin said: My mother is a reasonably nice woman. But my whole life she lies. About anything and everything. Dumb stuff mostly. But she lies. She is 82 and I’m visiting her right now and hear her on the phone and it’s just making up stuff. I don’t know what to think. It’s always been like this. She Lies all the time. She claims to be a Christian. I have known a few people like that, Kristin. I suppose, but can't make a quick snap-judgement about your mother in saying she could possibly be a pathological liar. It kinda leaves a bad taste in your mouth, even saying a term like that for someone that is your parent. If she's 82, it's not likely that she'll change at this point. And there's a remote chance that it could be a mental deficiency of some sort. The Lord would certainly be mercifully understanding and forgiving in this case. At least I believe so. Edited July 29, 2019 by BeauJangles 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristin Posted July 29, 2019 Group: Senior Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 27 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 875 Content Per Day: 0.41 Reputation: 757 Days Won: 1 Joined: 06/04/2018 Status: Offline Author Share Posted July 29, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, BeauJangles said: I have known a few people like that, Kristin. I suppose, but can't make a quick snap-judgement about your mother in saying she could possibly be a pathological liar. It kinda leaves a bad taste in your mouth, even saying a term like that for someone that is your parent. If she's 82, it's not likely that she'll change at this point. And there's a remote chance that it could be a mental deficiency of some sort. The Lord would certainly be mercifully understanding and forgiving in this case. At least I believe so. I’m willing to overlook it because it’s usually about dumb things that don’t matter. But it occurred to me that liars don’t enter the kingdom. She literally lies a lot. It’s almost weird. I love my mom. I want her there. She also doesn’t like talking about our Lord very much. Although when pressed, she says she believes in Christ. I’m worried for her. She’s done this my whole life. She’s not mentally overly old. She’s in her right mind. I told her for the first time today I know she lies and she should stop. She got very mad at me for awhile. Would not talk to. Now she seems better about her anger with me. I never told her that before and I did it because the Bible says to confront sin when you see it. She does not really sin otherwise, but her lying is appalling. I love her. I told her in love. She’s so old and I want to see her in glory. Edited July 29, 2019 by Kristin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Hartono Posted July 29, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 771 Topics Per Day: 0.34 Content Count: 6,937 Content Per Day: 3.07 Reputation: 1,979 Days Won: 1 Joined: 02/15/2018 Status: Offline Share Posted July 29, 2019 My late mother often told good story of our family relative, such as how dilligent her cousin was, how good they were with business etc only for me to find those good story was a novel story, because she help them greatly with money so she need to justify her good deed which came to ungrateful hands 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Hartono Posted July 29, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 771 Topics Per Day: 0.34 Content Count: 6,937 Content Per Day: 3.07 Reputation: 1,979 Days Won: 1 Joined: 02/15/2018 Status: Offline Share Posted July 29, 2019 49 minutes ago, R. Hartono said: My late mother often told good story of our family relative, such as how dilligent her cousin was, how good they were with business etc only for me to find those good story was a novel story, because she help them greatly with money so she need to justify her good deed which came to ungrateful hands Forgot to add we were not even rich family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristin Posted July 29, 2019 Group: Senior Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 27 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 875 Content Per Day: 0.41 Reputation: 757 Days Won: 1 Joined: 06/04/2018 Status: Offline Author Share Posted July 29, 2019 (edited) @R. Hartono I honestly think it’s worse than that because she lies about nothing. Makes up things for no reason. She’s very convincing though. If you didn’t know better you’d believe her statements. She’s very popular and pretty. She has many friends. She tells stories that just are not true. All my life I either believed her or just didn’t care. Now though, because she’s old I’m a bit worried about her salvation. She says she believes in Jesus and is Christian, but I’m scared for her all of a sudden. Edited July 29, 2019 by Kristin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Bought 1953 Posted July 29, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 13 Topic Count: 48 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 6,726 Content Per Day: 2.88 Reputation: 6,258 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/03/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted July 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Kristin said: I’m willing to overlook it because it’s usually about dumb things that don’t matter. But it occurred to me that liars don’t enter the kingdom. She literally lies a lot. It’s almost weird. I love my mom. I want her there. She also doesn’t like talking about our Lord very much. Although when pressed, she says she believes in Christ. I’m worried for her. She’s done this my whole life. She’s not mentally overly old. She’s in her right mind. I told her for the first time today I know she lies and she should stop. She got very mad at me for awhile. Would not talk to. Now she seems better about her anger with me. I never told her that before and I did it because the Bible says to confront sin when you see it. She does not really sin otherwise, but her lying is appalling. I love her. I told her in love. She’s so old and I want to see her in glory. There are two types of liars.....saved liars and unsaved liars.....just like there are two types of gossipers or those that have lustful thoughts ......if she believes that Jesus died for her sins and that He rose from the grave her sins are covered by the Grace of God and the Blood Of Jesus Christ.Salvation is not about Behavior, it is about Belief.It is a free gift for those that believe Jesus was who He said He was.Ask her if she believes 1 cor15:1-4 and you will know if she is saved or not.Both of you are in my prayers. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted July 29, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,991 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,689 Content Per Day: 11.81 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted July 29, 2019 5 hours ago, Kristin said: My mother is a reasonably nice woman. But my whole life she lies. About anything and everything. Dumb stuff mostly. But she lies. She is 82 and I’m visiting her right now and hear her on the phone and it’s just making up stuff. I don’t know what to think. It’s always been like this. She Lies all the time. She claims to be a Christian. There are people who are compulsive liars. Telling a lie is a sin. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who me Posted July 29, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 17 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,300 Content Per Day: 1.72 Reputation: 1,685 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/27/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted July 29, 2019 3 hours ago, Kristin said: Now though, because she’s old I’m a bit worried about her salvation. She says she believes in Jesus and is Christian, but I’m scared for her all of a sudden. May I suggest that you talk to her. Tell her that you are concerned for her, ask about the church she attends, and about what she believes. You will need to repeat that you love her and are concerned for her. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debp Posted July 29, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 52 Topic Count: 1,020 Topics Per Day: 0.15 Content Count: 12,312 Content Per Day: 1.80 Reputation: 16,367 Days Won: 92 Joined: 07/19/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted July 29, 2019 6 hours ago, Kristin said: I’m willing to overlook it because it’s usually about dumb things that don’t matter. But it occurred to me that liars don’t enter the kingdom. She literally lies a lot. It’s almost weird. I love my mom. I want her there. She also doesn’t like talking about our Lord very much. Although when pressed, she says she believes in Christ. I’m worried for her. She’s done this my whole life. She’s not mentally overly old. She’s in her right mind. I told her for the first time today I know she lies and she should stop. She got very mad at me for awhile. Would not talk to. Now she seems better about her anger with me. I never told her that before and I did it because the Bible says to confront sin when you see it. She does not really sin otherwise, but her lying is appalling. I love her. I told her in love. She’s so old and I want to see her in glory. Maybe you can gently explain to her that you are concerned about the lying? Perhaps ask her if she has ever asked the Lord to forgive her of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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