The Stewardship of Promises
A promise kept creates a bond.
A promise broken — even a small promise — creates disappointment and distrust at best. Anger and rage at worst.
The Church is all about promises. There are big promises. Forgiveness and salvation. There are little promises. Love and attention.
It is very difficult to reach people with the big promise of salvation, if the Church is not keeping the little promises.
- When Church politics rely on the “spin.”
- When little white lies, always self-serving in nature, replace transparency.
- When we say “All welcome” but have no clue how to make people welcome.
- When church leaders cannot demonstrate compassion and forgiveness.
- When we say we care, but have trouble listening, much less acting.
It’s hard to preach of a Savior who commands love when we have such a hard time demonstrating it.
It’s hard for people to set their goals on salvation when they don’t feel safe.
Today’s Church needs to concentrate on keeping the little promises.
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15 Nov 2012