Everything is measured by some standard of value.  Material things are measured by length, breadth, weight, density, usefulness, or intrinsic value.  Character also has its standard of measurement.  Some people are valued more highly than others, whether in the community, in the church, or in the nation.  People are valued, not for their physical size or weight, but for their abilities and more especially for their characters.  In a Christian the special thing of value, and the only special thing, is his character.  If one's character is not of a higher and better quality than that of people in general, one has no right to the name Christian. 

 

One's words are generally a clear index to one's character.  A person is judged by them, and his value is reckoned by the reliance that may be placed upon his word.  Let us never make a promise unless we fully expect to fulfill it.  After all, we are Christians, are we not?

 

I will keep my word and trust His love

For it is rich and warm and free;

Through the years of life He will hold me fast,

Be my help and comfort me.

To my waiting heart all its treasures rare,

As a sparkling stream shall flow;

In the joy of God I shall ever share,

Just because He loves me so.

 

Copyright 2007 by Jettie Hess