A popular expression about promises is “they are like pie crusts — easily made and easily broken.” Grandma Danny gives us another view: “A promise is a sacred thing. Be not in haste to make it. But once a promise you have made. Be sure you do not break it.”
A broken promise or a kept promise says a lot about an individual. Perhaps that is why Christ said, “Let your word be ‘Yes, Yes’ or ‘No, No’…” (Matthew 5:37, see also James 5:12).
Are your promises pie crusts or sacred?
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Webb Hubbell is the former Associate Attorney General of The United States. His novels, When Men Betray, Ginger Snaps, A Game of Inches, The Eighteenth Green, and The East End are published by Beaufort Books and are available online or at your local bookstore. When Men Betray won one of the IndieFab awards for best novel in 2014. Ginger Snaps and The Eighteenth Green won the IPPY Awards Gold Medal for best suspense/thriller. His latest, “Light of Day” will be on the bookstands soon.
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