Good Wednesday morning! The Son of God shines in our lives on this fine morning. Pastor Rogers writes about broken promises today in the context of a parent-teenager relationship. What about all of our other relationships? Who can remember all of the times we made a promise and failed to fulfill that promise? More often than not, the other party will remember. How much easier it is to remember when another person failed to fulfill a promise to us, than it is to remember our own failures to fulfill a promise made to someone. In our Christian walk, we are called upon to forgive, and the world will delight in holding us to this standard. Jesus commanded us to avoid oaths because of our lack of knowledge about what the future may bring. What may seem clear now, may become obscure or even impossible in the future. An oath to perform some act or give something may become impossible to fulfill at some future date.
I was amused by one of the questions our local paper asked the candidates seeking a spot on the town council. The question was: "Will you fulfill the entire term of office?" The more honest answer is of course that none of us can see to the end of a four-year term. Neither you nor I can tell where our lives will be four years from now, much less four years from the time a term of service will begin. I suppose it would have been refreshing to see one of the politicians answer with something like, "No, I intend to serve two years after I win the election, and then retire to another state with lower property taxes." An answer like that would certainly separate the candidate from the pack!
May God bless you on this great day!
Bucky
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