Home School Heartbeat Radio Program
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With all the busyness that homeschool life brings, it’s easy to not follow through with some of our commitments. But it’s so important to keep our word. Listen to today’s Home School Heartbeat as Mike Smith shares the third of four principles of success. Mike Smith: The third principle is an obvious one, but I think we can all agree that it is important to remember, and that is to keep our word. Failing to keep our word is kind of like lying, but keeping our word is a sign of integrity. Many times we have good intentions when we make promises but as time goes by, it’s easy to change our minds and try to wiggle our way out of it. In Proverbs 12:22, the Bibles tells us that “Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who deal truthfully are his delight.” We should keep our word even if it becomes difficult. An exception would be if what we’ve promised to do conflicts with an emergency or it was wrong to begin with. Then we must make the appropriate appeals to be released. By keeping our promises we demonstrate that we have godly character. Matthew 5:37 says, “Let your yes be yes, and your no be no.” Those of us who seem to get ourselves into situations where we find we’ve broken our word over and over again, need to recognize this is an issue we need to take to the Lord. But if we keep our word and do what we’ve promised, our kids will see a small but profound difference in their interactions with other people. And until next time, I’m Mike Smith.
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