[Faith-talk] Short blerbs in my morning reading PT 3

[Poppa Bear via Faith-talk]

Consider Sir Thomas More in A Man For All Seasons, when he was 

            imprisoned for not supporting his king in an immoral venture.
His 

            daughter comes to him and says, "Dad, why don't you at least in 

            words say it is okay? You don't have to really mean it in your 

            heart. Just verbally affirm what the king is doing. We can have
you 

            back. They will let you out of this prison."

 

            Sir Thomas More looks at his daughter and says, "Meg, you don't 

            understand! You don't understand what it means to give your
word." 

            He says, "When you give somebody your word, it is like taking
your 

            life and holding it in your hands. You are cupping your life in
your 

            hands when you are giving them your word. And should you let
that 

            word fall through, you will look down and not find yourself
there."