When God Speaks

The daily writing prompt asked me, ‘What is the first impression that you want to give people?’ The answer is easy for me to know, but difficult to tell. It is not something I am proud of at all, yet I believe the truth sets people free. Here is my answer.

I want others to know or feel when meeting me that I am a trustworthy person. This may seem easy for some, but for years I was anything but trustworthy. I could not even trust myself. Years of practicing this shaped me into a liar. I mean about everything. Even things that really did not matter. My nature became lying. As I said, I am not proud of this, but God says the truth will set me free. Meaning Jesus will because He is Truth so as I trust and grow in Him (and backsliding was a part of this, too), I have become a more trustworthy person. I still have work to do, but I desire to fill the shoes of someone that can be trusted. So, I believe as I trust Him, that as I grow in Him, trustworthiness will become second nature, first nature, I hope.

Let me tell you how I began to break that cycle of lying. I prayed for God to take it away instantly, but as believers know, this usually is not the way God works. He can, but probably if He did all the time, we would go back to the bad habit again and again. Why? Well, if we suffer no consequences for our actions, we have no reason to not fall back. Mostly, not always. Anyway, this cycle started being broken when I decided that every time I lied, I would immediately stop and say, ‘That’s a lie’. Then, proceed to telling the truth. I found myself continually saying, ‘That’s a lie’ and it was quite often. Imagine how embarrassed you would be saying this all the time to everybody. It worked as the starting point for me and eventually I found that the truth was a lot easier to do and to remember.

So, trustworthiness is the first impression I hope people get from me. This one trait covers about every other good one out there. If you can be trusted, you are honest, dependable, compassionate, loving, faithful, giving and so many more. Let’s all strive to be this way. Please do not judge me or others for having wrong nature’s. Judging is not a trustworthy thing to do. Just pray for us. Be blessed as you journey this life today.