If you say, “Look, we didn’t know this.” Won’t He who weighs hearts perceive it? Won’t He who guards your soul know it? Won’t He repay each one according to his deeds? Proverbs 24:12, TLV

What’s Plausible Deniability?      A discouraging term recently revealed in the last decade or so to the masses. Plausible deniability is the ability of people (typically senior officials in a formal or informal chain of command) to deny knowledge of, or responsibility for any heinous actions committed by others because of a lack of evidence that can confirm their participation, even if they were personally involved in or at least willfully ignorant of the actions.

In other words, it’s the ability to lie by omission. Lie and get away with it because they can.

What About Us?

As odious as it is for people in authority to do this on a large scale, we are probably guilty of it as well. Here are a few ways:

• Littering
• Nicking a vehicle in a parking lot — then driving away.
• Late for a meeting and blaming it on anything except the truth—we didn’t pay attention to the time.
• Letting others take the blame for something we did.
• Not owning up to a mistake.
• Keeping the change a clerk gave us in error.
• Causing or having an accident and driving/walking away.

Yes, that’s just a few. I suspect there are many more deny-ables we can think of — those we’re guilty of ourselves.

Weighing the Heart

Today’s proverb reminds us that others may never know what we’ve done — or should have done — but our Heavenly Father knows. He weighs our heart and feels the burden of unrepentant sin.

Ironically, what we try to hide may not even be a sin, but once we lie, it becomes one. It’s possible the act can also become a crime.

Part of our Wisdom Journey is examining our behavior for anything we do or neglect to do because we can get away with them. To be truthful with ourselves first, then with our loving Father who forgives. Then, yes, we may be required to own up to those affected by our lie.

These are the “putting on the big girl/boy” pants moments in our Wisdom and Faith Journey. The “rubber meets the road” evidence we’re serious about this walk. Did I say it was easy? Nope. Is it worth it? Yes.

Think More About It

What are plausible deny-abilities you have overcome? Or was this a new concept for you?

Thanks for stopping by. I hope this blog was helpful. If it was, please share with your friends and family. God bless you on your wisdom journey!

Until tomorrow, may we eliminate the plausible deny-abilities in our life, my friends.

In our commitment to pray for Israel, it is easy to claim “I didn’t know” to the violence and anti-Semitism because we don’t want to know. We don’t have to view violent images to be aware of the need. Let’s continue to pray as we are led, my friends. Shabbat Shalom!