Today, we continue to look at principles found in the 10 commandments which we can apply to guarding intimacy with our spouse. Not legalistic, binding laws, but principles that can guide us in our decisions.
Catch up: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8 and part 9.
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You should not bear false witness. Exodus 20:16
For today: Always be truthful in word and deed with, to and about your spouse.
Do not keep secrets. Other than what you’re going to get each other for Christmas, secrets breed mistrust.
Do not fudge the truth. I think it is human nature to make ourselves look good in the way we tell things. But don’t delete a part of what happened just to feel better. If word gets back to your spouse that you didn’t tell things the way they were, it will lower the trust factor.
Don’t make up something to cover the truth with others. When you’re in a group and everyone is swapping spouse stories. Don’t say anything if you have nothing good to say. Don’t even tell a white lie story. Fitting in at the price of trust is too high a cost.
Don’t promise and then fail to deliver. Following through on what you say you will do is integrity in action.
Any time you are not representing the truth,
trust takes a beating. Without trust, how can we have true deep intimacy between hearts?
