{"id":5403,"date":"2020-05-31T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barbdahlgren.com\/?p=5403"},"modified":"2020-04-19T15:38:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T20:38:05","slug":"keeping-your-word-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/?p=5403","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Your Word"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Journal of Joy: Things that make my heart smile\u2026<\/em>..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Keeping\nyour word is almost unheard of among politicians. It\u2019s becoming a lost art form\namong regular folks as well. The tragedy in not keeping your word results in\nwhat Cicero told us, \u201cA liar is not believed even though he tells the truth.\u201d That\u2019s\nwhy it\u2019s a real breath of fresh air when you find someone who actually keeps\nhis word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\nlearned this many years ago while living in Appalachia. As a young family, we wanted\nto purchase a little property to build a house. We had our eye on some acreage\nowned by a man I will call Farmer Brown. We met Farmer Brown on his land. He looked\naround, pointed to the trees and foliage, then said he had a special affection\nfor this particular parcel because he wanted to give it to his son to build on,\nbut his son had other plans. \u201cUh-oh,\u201d we thought. \u201cIs he good or what?\u201d We were\ncity people and could feel the price rising even as we spoke. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then\nhe quoted us an extremely low amount. He said he liked us because we reminded\nhim of his children. We quickly agreed and said we would have a contract drawn\nup immediately. He stopped talking and just stared at us for a few seconds. To\nuse the vernacular of the area we were in, he got plum insulted. He said if we\nneeded a contract the deal was off. His handshake should be a good enough bond\nfor us. We trusted him and shook on it. He was refreshing, honest, and true to\nhis word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nworld is used to men twisting words to manipulate people, but the old saying\nstill rings true, \u201cA man is as good as his word.\u201d The Bible speaks of a good\nname being better than precious ointment (Ecclesiastes 7:1). It also says that putting\nconfidence in those who are not true to their word can be painful (Proverbs\n25:19). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

James\n5:12 says, \u201cLet your yes be yes and your no be no,\u201d which is just a fancy way\nof saying, \u201cKeep your word.\u201d That\u2019s what I think about when I remember Farmer\nBrown.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dear Father, I want to be a person who can\nbe counted on to do what I say even in the small things. Give me wisdom in what\nI agree to do. If I agree to do something and can\u2019t make it, then help me be\ncourteous enough to contact those who are counting on me and not leave them hanging.\nThis world is full of broken promises. You do not break Your promises to me,\nand I shouldn\u2019t break mine to others.  <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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