tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post8196741580609907339..comments2023-12-26T10:22:04.630-05:00Comments on Things of My Soul: My Word Should Be My BondPapa Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-22633634462821605712008-10-12T23:16:00.000-04:002008-10-12T23:16:00.000-04:00I think it is really important to keep our truth a...I think it is really important to keep our truth and our word aligned.<BR/><BR/>I think it is one of the things that defines God.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219023897626648057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-68588565796867543812008-10-12T13:29:00.000-04:002008-10-12T13:29:00.000-04:00"...when I make an oath (promise or covenant) with..."...when I make an oath (promise or covenant) with the Lord, I need to make sure I am able to "perform" that oath "unto (Him)". In other words, I can't forswear myself in my covenants with Him."<BR/><BR/>I love this statement with its focus on personal responsibility for performing/keeping our covenants with the Lord - showing Him through word and deed that we will not forswear ourselves in thoseMama Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02647417825144481742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-43944744630966067412008-10-11T18:11:00.000-04:002008-10-11T18:11:00.000-04:00Excellent point, Ardis. I hadn't thought about th...Excellent point, Ardis. I hadn't thought about that aspect - the "Methinks thou dost protest too much" syndrome. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for pointing that out.Papa Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-59457901934109858782008-10-11T18:01:00.000-04:002008-10-11T18:01:00.000-04:00There are some rituals, like the oath of office or...There are some rituals, like the oath of office or being sworn before court testimony, that have a kind of impressiveness exactly <EM>because</EM> they are formal and ritual. But which is more powerful? those hands on the Bible and swearing to heaven, or the simplest possible agreement in accepting temple covenants?<BR/><BR/>In many cases you can judge veracity by considering how forceful someoneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com