拍攝技巧？好極了。配樂？祥和且引人深思。內容？有趣且能引起共鳴。這部短片介紹了一項研究。在研究中，一些紅杉樹被注射了一種類似腎上腺素的物質，以防止它們在冬季進入休眠狀態。結果這些紅杉樹都死了，因為它們無法進行「過冬」的自然循環。

這部短片傳遞了一個信息：假使我們總是忙碌而不休息，也可能會發生這樣的情況。這一點可能是真的，但這部短片的內容卻是假的。因為這項研究根本就不存在！紅杉是常綠植物，從不休眠。影片中的樹其實是巨杉，而不是沿海紅杉。儘管這部影片看似立意良善，但卻是建立在謊言的基礎上。

在我們現今的時代，由於科技的發達，謊言會被極度放大和複製，以致讓我們信以為真。箴言這本屬靈智慧的概論便指出了真理和謊言之間的根本差異：「誠實的嘴唇永遠堅立；說謊的舌頭只存片時」（12章19節，和合本修訂版）。緊接著的下一節經文則告訴我們：「圖謀惡事的，心存詭詐；勸人和睦的，便得喜樂。」（20節）

從上帝的命令到紅杉樹過冬的短片，誠實都是至關重要的，且適用於任何事情，因為真理「永遠堅立」！

Cinematography? Well done. Soundtrack? Reflective and calming. Content? Intriguing and relatable. The video presented a study in which Redwood trees were injected with a substance similar to adrenaline to keep them from going dormant. The injected trees died because they weren’t allowed the natural cycle of “wintering.”

The video’s message was that this can happen to us as well if we’re always busy with no seasons of rest. And that can be true. But the video was inaccurate. There never was such a study. Redwoods are evergreens and never go dormant. And the trees in the video were giant Sequoias not coastal Redwoods. As thoughtful as the video seemed to be, it was based on falsehoods.

We find ourselves living in an age where, due to our technologies, lies are magnified and multiplied to the limits of convincing us they’re true. The book of Proverbs, that compendium of godly wisdom, speaks often of the stark difference between truth and lies. “Truthful lips endure forever,” says the proverb, “but a lying tongue lasts only a moment” (12:19). And the very next adage tells us, “Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil, but those who promote peace have joy” (v. 20).

Honesty applies to everything from God’s commands to videos about wintering. The truth “endures forever.”