Today, I came across a comment on Facebook that said, “Unfortunately, the truth will not be as loud as the lies.” It stopped me for a moment. The post was filled with people responding to a heartbreaking local incident—speculating, debating, and sharing opinions.
Now, this reflection isn’t about that situation. I have no dog in that fight because I wasn’t there, and my heart truly goes out to everyone involved.
What caught my attention wasn’t the conversation itself. It was how deeply that comment echoed something I see every day in my work with clients and even within myself.
We all wrestle with lies. Not the ones people spread online, but the ones that live quietly inside us. The ones that shape how we think, feel, and see ourselves.
Lies like:
“I’m not enough.”
“No one really cares.”
“I’ll never recover from this.”
“I’m too late.”
“I’m too broken.”
These inner lies don’t just distort how we see ourselves. They slowly kill something within us.
They kill our peace, our dreams, and our identity in Christ.
Consider John 10:10 that says, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy…”
Over time, those lies start shaping the stories we tell ourselves. And those stories determine how we move through life—our actions, our reactions, our relationships, and even our faith.
It’s no surprise that Scripture reminds us in John 8:44 that the devil “is a liar and the father of lies.” Lies are his language. They speak through fear, shame, comparison, and unhealed pain. They repeat themselves until they sound believable.
But truth doesn’t have to shout to be real.
Truth whispers when lies yell. Truth waits when lies rush. Truth heals when lies harm.
And here’s the truth about you. You are who God says you are. You are chosen, loved, capable, and redeemed. (Ephesians 1:4, Isaiah 43:1, Romans 8:37)
When you start agreeing with God’s truth, the lies lose their microphone. Healing begins the moment you stop aligning your identity with falsehoods and start resting in what God has already said about you.
Grow Through It Reflection:
What’s one lie you’ve believed about yourself that needs to be replaced with God’s truth today? Write it down. Then beside it, write the Scripture that tells the truth about you.
Healing begins when you stop agreeing with lies and start agreeing with God. The voice you believe will be the voice that leads you. So, slow down. Listen closely. Let truth take the mic in your mind, your mouth, and your movements. Because when truth leads, peace follows.
Muah!
Dr. Nanette Floyd Patterson, CPsy.D, LCMHC
