Let your yes be yes,

On Fridays before we meet for Bible Study I always text my friend and make sure she planning on it. She is like a little sister to me, and sometimes she forgets plans she makes with people. I know we are all guilty of this, but sometimes it gets frustrating because for one book to get through which was 5 chapters it took us from September to end of April which is a little discouraging. During the time it seemed like there where many reason not to met for bible study, and hubby and I started to feel a little bite like gee do they really want to do this.
As a Bible Study group we made a Covenant with each other as couples.Sometimes we have problems keeping our Yes to Yes and I sometimes struggle with that too, expecially when I don’t want to deal with things and feeling crabby.
Yesterday was a okay day but a little stressful. They ran late which was good because hubby and I needed some time to calm our selves, someone fall from the 2nd flower balcony. Which is not a good thing but he wasn’t hurt badly. Praise the L-rd.
Yesterday after noon she texted me asking if we would still have bible study. I was happy she decided to keep our plans we had, it shows they are both growing a little in this area. I am proud of them to see the growth. Yeshua in Matthew tells us to keep our yes yes and our no no.
In the JCB, Matthew 5:33-37 Again you have heard that our father were told, ‘Do not break your oath’ and ‘ Keep your vows to Adonai” But I tell you not to swear at all not by heaven because it is G-d’s throne, not by Earth because it is his Footstool, and not by Yerushalayim because it is the city of the Great King and don’t swear on your head becasue you can’t make a single hair white or black. Just let your Yes be a simple Yes and your no a simple No anything more than this has it origins in evil.
In James 5:12 JCB, says Above all, brother stop swearing oaths- Not by heaven Not by the earth not by any other formula rather let your yes be simply yes and your no simply No, so that you won’t fall under condemnation.
I think with this being said it is important to follow through with what we say to someone. If we tell them we will call them we aught to call them, if we tell them we will met them at a certain time and place then we aught to show up for it. I am not saying that if your sick, you still have to show up because sometimes things happen. I am not saying if you find out a friend gets called for duty and leaves that week, and you want to see them off or say goodbye that you can’t do that. I think sometimes there a exception to that rule but when that friend will be around for months and weeks then maybe the plans you made should be kept, so that your other friend don’t wonder what is going to happen.
It’s similar to a bride saying to her bride made I am getting everyone the same bridesmaid gifts, she gets a couple of her bridesmaids something more expensive and nicer, it would be hard for her friends to understand why she would do that to them. They might start wondering what the bride thanks. I know when I was getting married I had a limit of what I could spend on each person but my friend of honor I was willing to spend more but ended up not spending more on her then the others.
It is sometimes a struggle to let our yes be yes and our no be no, so people know more what to expect and now that we can be relied on.