Keeping Promises To Our Children. MCGI TOPIC REVIEW
Keeping promises is very good. When we keep our promises for one another, it helps to build trust. The relationship is well nurtured when we practice the habit of being faithful to each other by keeping our words. Making and fulfilling promises strengthens family bonds and friendship.
Sometimes, it is not good to make promises when we are not sure that we will be able to keep the promise. Unfaithfulness can be very painful. The Bible warns us against making vows without fulfilling them. We should always endeavor to fulfill our promises. Those who make promises without fulfilling them are not pleasing to God. God does not like unfailing promises. He frowns when we default in our vows.
To make our children happy, we must learn to make surprise gifts for them rather than to make promises which we are not going to fulfill. Aside, we should not fulfill promises under pressure. When we get to fulfill our promises by force, that will not be a good one. We should try to make promises which we will be able to fulfill not the one that we will need to fulfill by force.
Children tend to remember promises more than we think, and when we keep them, it strengthens their trust in us. On the other hand, breaking promises can leave a lasting disappointment. I also like the idea of giving surprise gifts instead of making promises we might not be able to keep—it keeps the joy alive without risking trust.
Disappointment to an adult can be ignored and overlooked but when it comes to a child the case is quite different. This is why we should endeavor not to make a promise if we can't keep it