Why do you think we so often tell someone we will do something, and in the end, not do it?
Like with the small things.
Like me telling Lisa I would go to the market with her last Sunday...
Or me telling Lisa I would take her recycling to the center...
Or me telling Robyn that I would go to S.P.C. Seminole campus last Monday...
Or me telling Robyn that I would take the antique bible out of my trunk...
I just don't really understand why we have made it so easy to put our word out there, only to end up falling short of our stated course of action.
Why even tell someone you are going to do something? Have we gotten to the point that we spread ourselves thin until we habitually lie so we can try to please everyone around us? When in reality its not even about pleasing that person. Its about getting the best of everyone in an attempt to lift ourselves up in a false place of honor.
I think I would rather be a man of credibility than be someone that dumps hopes (even if in small cases) of the ones he loves. I guess it comes down to slowing down again though... And speaking only what we know is truth, regardless of peoples feelings about us.
Is it not much more honorable to keep our word even in these small cases anyways? The effect of choosing our words carefully is a real place of honor and respect. To have people know in their hearts that they can count on you to carry out the things you tell them you will.
Every time I see an old friend from my past I talk to them about life, how things are going, and family. Afterwards I exchange numbers with them and tell them I will give them a call. In my heart I know that I will never call them... I don't know what you guys get from this example but it tells me that I try to satisfy them. The truth held back by the fear of being exposed... Do I really care that much about what this world thinks? In my heart, have I given this world more value than truth?.....
Father, we need you. I need you. They need you.
Father I ask that you will fill our every word with truth.
God teach us to slow down. To not put value on pleasing the ones around us. Teach us to honor each other, through truth, and to hold our tongue when it means we may utter a lie.
Father most of all I ask that you will reveal to us the value of truth, even when it exposes us to the core...
Amen.
So put away all falsehood and "tell your neighbor the truth" because we belong to each other. ~Ephesians 4:25
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That is the truth and something that I can relate to. Thank you for posting.
To me, it's like we try to give everyone everything but we can't. First, because we do not have anything to give, but Him. And secondly, even if we had everything, would we really be giving people what they truly need with our hearts in the right state?
Do people really put that much on our word anyway? I would like them too. I would like to be a person that can be trusted.
I can say so much about so much, but if I don't do anything, then I'm a liar.
Father, I ask that You will bring out the truth in our words. Be the center of conversations and steady our minds.
Dang.
This is awesome, you are awesomer, God is awesomest.
That means a whole lot to me because I do the same thing. Lisa and i were talking and she said she doesnt want to say ANYTHING she doesnt mean, and i know that she really meant ANYTHING. We all need to work on that big time. Your really cool, Wes.
Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. 1 John 3:18
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