A Fast With Daily Bread—Six Sentence Story

After watching a documentary warning him about this, that and the other thing, Brian looked for sources to corroborate what he had heard. He quickly realized that what he heard was only partially true. He also wondered for whose benefit the documentary was made.

He heard his heart advise him that a half truth is worse than a whole lie.

And that was when Brian began his fast with daily bread which he had been on now for over a year. The yokes broke, the bonds of wickedness were loosed and the oppressed, including Brian himself, were freed.

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Denise offers the prompt word “benefit” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Story.

Isaiah 58:6 NKJV – Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And that you break every yoke?

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Author: Frank Hubeny

I enjoy walking, poetry and short prose as well as taking pictures with my phone.

25 thoughts on “A Fast With Daily Bread—Six Sentence Story”

  4. “…a half truth is worse than a whole lie.“

    I’m sure I must have heard this during my lifetime but for some reason, it “rings” new tonight.
    Good for Brian for searching for corroborating evidence and asking questions. It seems fewer and fewer people possess critical thinking skills anymore. Easier to absorb and accept – whatever half (truth or lie) is presented.

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    1. What I’ve heard before, and what I originally wrote, was “a half truth IS a whole lie”. Then it dawned on me that a half truth is actually “worse” than a whole lie. So I changed it. Thank you, Denise!

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  6. I’m with everyone else (yeah, I know, right)…. but the phrase “…a half truth is worse than a whole lie.” is way thought-provoking.

    (Maybe, cause a half truth tempts us to provide the ‘other half’ and god knows how much trouble we get ourselfs into when we try.)

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