Pinky Promises
Remember “pinky promises” and “cross my heart and hope to die’s”? Next thing came along was our “swear to God’s”… followed by the more common, “On God”, “On my mama” or “On my kids”. STOP THIS NONSENSE !! If you can’t just tell somebody the flat-out truth , don’t say nothin. We shouldn’t haveta include anything “extra” as if it validates our statement even more. If you’re a known liar, a habitual liar or the “boy/girl that cries wolf” regularly, no amount of fluffin is gonna matter anyway … we don’t believe you no matter who you “put it on”. So many marriages start out with promises made … to each other and to God, that wind up broken. Appointments mean nothing anymore … if we’re late, you can always create a fabricated excuse and act a fool to get your slot back. We see it all the time. A man’s word useta mean something. We proclaimed it and shook on it … that’s all it took. Nowdays, lawyers and law offices are makin a killin off fancy words and typed up documents … just so it all stays legal. That paper won’t stop a lie from occurring, no more than that lawyer can keep folks from breaking promises. If we’d all hear and heed God’s directive, in ( Matthew 5:33-37 ), we’d be a people of integrity and some of these law offices would haveta board up their doors and take down that shingle ( ask an old person what that means if you don’t know 😄😉 ). Jesus said,” Y’all heard it said, ‘ Don’t break your oath, but keep your oaths made to the Lord.’ But I’m tellin yall, Don’t swear at all, not by heaven, the earth or by Jerusalem, by your head, (on your mama or your kids or anything else ). Simply let your’yes’ be yes and your’no’ be no; anything beyond that comes from the evil one.” Puts a new spin on it; dont it ? Not really. God’s word has been around alot longer than we have … we’re the ones that changed it to suit us. We really didn’t “change” it…we just stopped abiding by it. His word has never changed… and neither has God. In fact, turn to the back of the Book and read (Revelation 22:18-19). It’s a warning from God and it says, “ I warn everyone who hears the words of these prophecies in this Book: If anyone adds or takes away from this Book, God will take away their share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which is described in this Book.” “Changing the rules” ain’t up to us … that’s up to God … and He never changes ( Hebrews 13:8; James 1:17 ). So… wanna make a promise ? Then you better keep it ! He’s watchin t’ see that you do.