Promise whatever serves Love

 

Morning: Psalm 119:49-72; Isaiah 49:1-12; Galatians 2:11-21

Evening: Psalm 49; Mark 6:13-29

If, in a rush of enthusiasm, your promise is like a ‘blank cheque’ - ‘Whatever you want!’ - you may, like Herod, end up being obliged to do something you do not want. Your rash promise makes you break another earlier promise you made to yourself. Jesus promised, ‘Whatever you ask’, but with a strict condition: ‘whatever you ask in my name’, that is, whatever unarguably serves Love. This should guide any situation that involves promises. Promise whatever serves Love. It is right, for instance, that Governments promise vaccines. Even with vaccines, though, under-promise. Over-deliver later if you can.