We all spend time asking the bigger questions about life. A believer understands that all truth is God’s truth. It is a principle that masters all of education. While an unbeliever may have discovered the consistency of natural behavior, a clear perspective on culture can only be seen through the lens of faith. A Christian worldview accepts the beginning, the life lived in the middle and the ending are best interpreted by the presence of God.
How have some pursued truth, and what are we doing to applaud their quest?
Does the world think that it is a big deal to keep promises? Listen to what others have said about keeping promises.
People with good intentions make promises. People with good character keep them. Michael Josephson
I know that it is a bad thing to break a promise, but I think now that it is a worse thing to let a promise break you. Jennifer Donnelly
People ask me why it is so hard to trust people. I ask them why it is so hard to keep a promise. Wiz Khalifa
Promises are empty words if you’re not keeping them. Mike Ditka
Don’t respect someone for making a promise. Respect them for keeping it. Unknown
Keep every promise you make and only make promises you can keep. Anthony Hitt
Promises mean everything. But when they are broken, sorry means nothing. Unknown.
Promises are like the full moon. If they are not kept at once, they diminish day by day. Ancient Proverb
The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep. Robert Frost
Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing. Edmund Burke
Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes … but no plans. Peter Drucker
Promises are like crying babies at a theater; they should be carried out at once. Norman Vincent Peale
How can you tell that the world values “keeping your promises?” Can affirming the importance and value of promises be a way to introduce someone to Christ? What does it say to the world when a Christian breaks a promise? How does breaking our promises to the world affect our witness to the world?
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