The Bible says let your yes be yes and your no be no. It is vital to integrity to keep your word. Do you ever not keep your word?
I had a conversation with my mom the other day about this topic. She has always kept her word to me about what she will or will not do. She is adamant about that with me. If she has said she will pay for something she doesn’t let me pay for it. She is over the top persistent about this principle. Finally the other day she explained to me why she is so intense about this subject. Her dad would constantly promise things to her and her brothers as kids and then never delivered! He would constantly break his word to them, so much to the point that her picture of what a father should be was never right. She committed to herself that she would never do that to her kids. I have been her child for 42 years and she still won’t drop that. That is powerful.
She has challenged me on the commitments that I make randomly to kids and to others, how persistent am I in not missing those things that I commit to. I have had to really look at that. I keep commitments but sometimes it is on my timeframe instead of what someone else might expect. She has challenged that my preaching will be affected by what I do in conversation. I like it when iron sharpens iron.
I am working on this, to evaluate what I commit to and make sure that I can do what I say. I understand that with my daughter and with those around me who trust that what I say will happen. What about you? Do you keep your word?
What is something better comes up? What is worth your word?
Just talking out loud to myself today.
On a side note. One of my friends turned 39 this week….oops 93. She is full of wisdom and she is a person who again today spoke of this issue into my life. Be a person of your word. Be honest and do what is right. People will value that a lot! She is amazing and the hours that I spend with her are always full of her talking and me listening. The Bible talks about this principle……Hang out with those who are wise and YOU will become wise.
God has truly blessed me with a surround sound room of wisdom!! Thanks
Xtremely His
Kevin
