“But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.” — Matthew 5:37 (NKJV)

Today we went to church and the sermon was great. It was on Matthew 5:33-37 “The Moment of Truth” as the Pastor titled the sermon. This is usually a sermon that I don’t have problems with — meaning, I think I do pretty good at being honest. I’m not as good as I would like to believe.

There are many things I’ve said in the past that I would do or work on. Many projects, promises and things I have not completed. I am not good at following through with things, and I’ve been using that as a crutch — an excuse. Instead of working on what I said I would — or finishing what I said I’d finish, I offer up an “oh well, I’m not really good at following through on things.”

God convicted me of a few things I need to follow through on. A promise to Him and to myself to read scripture daily. Taking a few minutes each morning to have my quiet/prayer time. I must write — finish the writings I’ve started and start some new ones.

One of the other things I was convicted of was finishing the study I started online with a few women in the simply His forums. I apologize to each of the women who joined me in the start of that study. I know you were looking for me to hold you accountable when I really needed someone to hold me accountable. I will be posting another lesson this week. I will finish the study and stop making excuses for why I haven’t done it earlier. Isn’t it ironic that the study is on time management?

Things need to shape up around here. I know that. I need to continually pray before I say I’ll do anything, and when I say that I’ll do it — I need to make sure I do it. I hate to think I’ll let someone down, but even worse, I’d hate for someone to think “oh she sounds good but she’ll never do it.”

On a side note: Thanks to Heather @ Desperately Seeking Sanity for making me her Blog Pick of the Week. She’s has tens more readers than I do I appreciate it!