The Promise

Everyday is expected to keep promises. When our friends fail to fulfill then, we are disappointed. But come to think of it, are we really capable of fulfilling every promise we make? I guess not! For example, you promise to bring your daughter to the movies, but the car won't run or it rains. You promise you will cook for your husband, then there's a brownout or you cannot find the ingredients for the dish. You promise you will be kind, then you see somebody who makes your blood pressure rise. When things like these pop up, off goes your promise.

We are not really in full control of ourselves. That is why, humanly speaking, it is not possible to keep every promise we make. I think it is important to keep in mind that we are able to keep promises only through the strength and grace of God gives us. We are not in full control of anything. We do not even know whether we will live tomorrow or not. And yet we are bold with our promises, when in fact, nothing is ever within our control. Perhaps, it is always good to keep a condition to every promise we make.