Let your 'Yes' mean 'Yes,' and your 'No' mean 'No.'
Anything more is from the Evil One."
Why do we need to say more than yes and no? It seems that we think we can add certainty to what we're saying. But can we? Isn't certainty something that belongs to God to give? Can it really come from any words we speak? We want to be convincing to others. But in doing so are we presenting a false pretense that we control more than we can really control? How do we step back from this need to be or at least seem so in charge of our circumstances? How can we be truly honest with others about our limits?
The love of Christ impels us,
once we have come to the conviction that one died for all;
therefore, all have died.
He indeed died for all,
so that those who live might no longer live for themselves
but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
What if we really live for Christ who died for us rather than for ourselves? If we do that we don't need to present ourselves as more than we are. We don't need to be more than we are. Christ is enough. In him we are new creations. As new creations it is no longer about promises that we have to make ourselves, but rather, it is about the promises of God which we receive as the very source of our life. We have nothing to fear and nothing to prove. The grounds of a very existence are finally made firm set on a rock.
This love of Christ impels us to live differently. And this new life we receive must be shared.
We implore you on behalf of Christ,
be reconciled to God.
For our sake he made him to be sin who did not know sin,
so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
When we share the love of Christ we realize that it isn't about promises we are making but rather the unchangeable promises of God. Because of this we can share the love of Jesus fearlessly.
He pardons all your iniquities,
he heals all your ills.
He redeems your life from destruction,
he crowns you with kindness and compassion.
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