Regrets of Unfulfilled Promises

by Zeke Flores

Everyone has regrets about unfulfilled promises. I know I do. I made a promise many years ago that remains unkept to this day. It's not that I was purposely trying to deceive those to whom I made the promise. It's not that I didn't have the time or the resources to fulfill it.
It just kept slipping my mind, and the more it slipped my mind, the more the years slipped by. And though I've been forgiven for not keeping the promise, it still remains in the back of my mind, and it hurts to think about it.

See, that's the thing about being human. A person may have good intentions and give assurances regarding them, but they may still never materialize. And that's the great difference between a human promise maker and the Divine Promise Keeper. God's promises do not slip His mind, nor do other things get in the way of His carrying out His promises. His fulfillment of them may not be in our preferred time frame, or even in a way we might expect, but He will keep them, for He is a God who cannot lie. And because He loves you, He wants you to keep your promises, to do what you know is right.

Remember, you’ll not only be judged by your actions, but also by your inaction.

"Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin" (James 4:17).