Through no fault of my own, a black pickup truck crashed into my car. For months afterwards, I’d catch a glimpse of a black truck and feel my blood pressure rise. It was unfair to black pickups everywhere, and I knew it. Those black pickups did me no harm. My imagination put evil where there was none.
Forget trucks. We do this with people. Every time I let my imagination put thoughts in someone else’s head or words in someone else’s mouth, I bear false witness. God has one word for it.
Don’t.
Exodus 20:16 (GNT)
Do not accuse anyone falsely.
