Talking
“Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.’ But I tell you, Do not swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; or by the earth, for it is God’s footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No,’ anything beyond this comes from the evil one.”
-Matthew 5:33-37
We are presently involved in a sermon series that is about developing and deepening our spiritual friendships. We need spiritual friendships. We need people with whom we can connect on a soul level.
That kind of spiritual friendship requires that we be open and honest in our conversation. A soul friend will never say something to one with whom they have a spiritual bond and then say the opposite to someone else. A soul friend will never just say what the other person wants to hear. There will be open, honest, and frank conversation about a wide array of
subjects.
We all need the kind of friend that we can talk to and share the depth of our hearts. We need to be able to express our hopes, dreams, fears, anger, and a host of other feelings and emotions. Soul friends are truly about walking together as they journey toward the full life that Jesus is calling us to embrace.
