Yes and No

Living in Covenant

A Heart-felt Covenant

Live in the light of God (Isaiah 2:5) 

Jesus Teaches Us to Love One Another

Matthew 5:33-37 The Message

Empty Promises

33-37 “And don’t say anything you don’t mean. This counsel is embedded deep in our traditions. You only make things worse when you lay down a smoke screen of pious talk, saying, ‘I’ll pray for you,’ and never doing it, or saying, ‘God be with you,’ and not meaning it. You don’t make your words true by embellishing them with religious lace. In making your speech sound more religious, it becomes less true. Just say ‘yes’ and ‘no.’ When you manipulate words to get your own way, you go wrong.

For Reflection

"As God as my witness," I swear, honest to God," God should strike me dead if I..."  Promises are more costly than threats.  On can remove or alter a threat but is bound to honor a promise made. If you have gained a reputation of broken promises no amount of embellishing can change that fact.  Your answer is always yes or no. No amount of religious trapping will change that.

Pray

Pray often and long so that you will be honor your promises.

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