If you are the one person that has never experienced the heartbreak of a broken promise, then stop reading now. For the rest of you that have been left empty by broken promises ...
Sometimes it seems
I've spent most of my life
Hoping someone, somewhere
Would keep a single promise to me
They are made so easily
Most with little thought
Just words said at a moment
Because it's what they thought
I wanted to hear
With no real intention
Of ever keeping it
Some are impossible to keep
And that I do understand
I guess it's mostly
Just me being selfish
For once wanting to be
Important enough to someone
For them to stand by what they say
So I go on living a life
Full of broken promises
Waiting for the one
That will keep their word
Our problem with broken promises is that they tend to warp our view of God. We end up believing in a God that is like all the people in our lives. We end up believing in a God that cannot be trusted. No wonder we end up running on empty ... searching for ... waiting for ... needing ... someone who will keep their word.
God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind. So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us. This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. Hebrews 6:17-19a CEB
Tell the world – He fulfills promises
I know you’ve lived long
I know you’ve seen the promises man made go wrong
So you figure it won’t be long
You figure God’s promises will also go wrong
But He is not like man
He won’t break the hearts He hold in His hands
He can be trusted
Prove Him and you will see
That nothing for Him is impossible and all things He sees
He has only good plans
So please – Stop comparing Him to man
- unknown
Still feeling empty?
See you Sunday ...
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