Promise Keepers

it has been skirting the edges of my consciousness
lurking in the back of my mind
dancing around in the shadows of my awareness since January

it is only recently I have been able to identify it,
something that very well may be a pest for 6 more months-
August 6, 2017 would have been our 40th wedding anniversary

my Bible reading this morning reminded me of this truth:
"a promise is only as good as the promise maker"
Bill asked me to marry him 40 years ago next month

I am thankful I shared 37 years of marriage with a man who kept his promises
I am thankful to serve a God who keeps His promises
I am thankful for prayer warriors who keep their promise

Definition of promise

1. 1a :  a declaration that one will do or refrain from doing something specifiedb :  a legally binding declaration that gives the person to whom it is made a right to expect or to claim the performance or forbearance of a specified act
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"Not one word of all the good promises that the Lord had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass." Joshua 21:45

 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also." John 14:1-3