Secrets!

I finally (sort of) confided my "little secret" to someone else. Well actually, somebody else did, but with my permission ...

I'm wondering how God views secrets. Are they a deception? Meaning, if I keep a secret about myself to myself instead of telling everyone I know about it, am I a liar? Am I a deceiver? Have I deceived people by not telling them this particular secret? I sure hope not. I have thought about telling them, one day, when I know them better, but for now I don't think anyone would really understand it. Some might think I was just "trolling" for a reaction or something. Others might think we (me and the other person) made the whole thing up to pull people's legs. That would really be unpleasant.

So God will have to forgive me while I keep it to myself for the time being. I don't like keeping secrets. I don't like feeling like a liar. But sometimes you have to. I'm not the only one who would be affected by this secret if it got spread around. Others could be too. And yet in one sense, ultimately I would be the only one affected.

Like I said, it's complicated.