Look... the world sucks for the lack of honorable men. So we (The Sons of Thunder) want this to be a place of enlightenment, motovation and guidance for men who follow Christ and strive to be real men of God. We want to help redefine the principals of what a Godly man is... And it's a good thing to be an honorable man!
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
The worth of your words
I would venture to guess that you know someone who says things or commits to things then, like a vapor, the value of what he stated is gone. People who know them usally respond to their statements with eye rolls or at the very least an ignoring blank stare. well it's obvious in those cases that this man has a problem with his credability. A wise man I know once told me "just because it sounds good coming out of your mouth, doesn't mean you should say it." The pride of a man and the pressure to please or impress others can reek havoc on your credability. Being a man of your word is more than honoring commitments. It also includes controling the urge to exagerate or enhance stories or pretending to know things you don't. This may all seem obvious and basic, but the truth is, men of honor are a rare species today. Now nobody is perfect and without fault but an honorable man tends his words towards truth. Not religiously under the perceived judgemental watch of God, but in a stoic, (correct as you go) way that is more realistic. One of my favorite movie quotes is from the movie Rob Roy, when the title charactor explains honor to his son. He tells him "All men with honor are kings but not all kings have honor. Honor is........what no man can give you and no one can take it away. Honor is a man's gift to himself." We all want value attributed to our character. Hence the terms; "worth his salt" and "a gem of a man" or "He's solid gold". So I choose a life of honor and I'll start with my words. And what comes out of my mouth will be aimed at truth as best as I can. So that one day, with Gods help, it could be said of me; "That mans word is as good as gold".
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The Word in Proverbs tells us that " in the abundance of words, sin is not lacking." In psalms were told to "keep our promises even when it hurts. When you have to go and actually do everything you said you would> than me personnaly, I slow way down on the amounts of " hey I'll do this or be there for that. theres a balance, let your yes be yes and your no's be no.
ReplyDeleteEverybody can think of an instance when he over committed and under delivered. Or exaggerated a detail of an event. The goal is an ever refining effort on what ever comes out of our mouth in seriousness. But I think exaggerating for humors sake makes God laugh too. So we don't need to get legalistic about it.
ReplyDelete"If people think you are a fool, then just open your mouth and remove all doubt".. I take a very humble pride in the fact that I tend to keep my mouth shut especially during a converstaion that I find myself arguing the negative versus the affirmative. I admit I have alot of "Deist" opinions torwards subjects like Creationism and healing but I always try to hear the full view of those I'm disagreeing before opening my pie hole. Once someone makes the fatal mistake of askiing me my opinion (LOL) I will then offer it up. I think the discussion between Peter and Paul in the Bible are a good example of how people should debate, though I liken myself to neither of those two, Im not that SMAHHT!!! (Boston accent)
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ReplyDeleteUmmm.... yea, im just gonna just listen. That all
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