Today, actually the next couple of weeks are really full. The prep for some training I am conducting is taking a lot of my time and energy. The schedule is tight. A few weeks back a friend of mine asked me to review a book he and another friend had co-authored with a third person. I agreed and he sent me the text and an evaluation form. As of yesterday I had not completed the task.
Psalm 15 is one of those passages that I would rather not be in the Word, especially the last phrase in verse 4. One cannot duck the integrity requirement. So as I was struggling through my schedule this AM I realized that I had not followed through as promised. Rats.
I cannot and will not claim that I always do follow through on what I promise. There have been times that I have failed and those times eat at me. But this time I chose well. I stopped what I was doing and honored the commitment I had made to my friends.
There are at least two lessons here for me. First, as it says in Psalm 15:4, do what I say I will do even if it hurts. Second, do not always say yes.
I cannot and will not claim that I always do follow through on what I promise. There have been times that I have failed and those times eat at me. But this time I chose well. I stopped what I was doing and honored the commitment I had made to my friends.
There are at least two lessons here for me. First, as it says in Psalm 15:4, do what I say I will do even if it hurts. Second, do not always say yes.
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