Promises Fulfilled

Have you ever been promised something only to have the promiser not deliver? I am sure we all have. Politicians do it all the time. But, not just politicians, I am sure we have all experienced those times when someone has gotten our hopes up but not followed through. It is disappointing and frustrating.

Have you ever promised something to someone and not delivered? It sounds a little different when we become the ones that fail, huh? I am equally sure that there have been times when I have said something that made someone else believe one thing only to do something contrary to what they thought. I don't think I have ever purposely deceived someone, but, I am sure they have felt that way. You know the feeling...

Today's word is Proverbs 25:14, ESV, which reads, "Like clouds and wind without rain is a man who boasts of a gift he does not give."

There is disappointment in the promise of a rain after a long, dry season. The rain is needed to bring life to our crops, to renew our hopes, to wash away some anxiety, yet, it doesn't come. The clouds looked like rain. The wind promised rain. But, the rain did not come. So, too, is the feeling of a broken promise.

I want to be a man of my word. I want to be the one (1) that follows through with what I say I will do. I want others to never experience the disappointment of unfulfilled promises from me. I want my "yeas" to be "yeas" and my "nays" to be "nays". This world is filled with false hope and shattered dreams. I want to be one that keeps his promise. Don't you?

Be Blessed,

Mickey T