THE POWER OF A PROMISE

Welcome Back!  

Our Kitah Dalet students continue to study the text of Noah, and this afternoon we talked about honesty, integrity, and the importance of building a relationship with GOD.  After some true confessions, we began to see how building a relationship with others is how we  build a relationship with GOD, and this relationship is at the heart of making the world a better place.  

As we examined the text in Parsha Noach, we found the promise GOD made with man, and we talked about the importance of keeping our word. We talked about GOD being remorseful when destroying the world, and questioning his decision to destroy all of his creations. Finally, we talked about GOD'S promise to never destroy the world again through a flood. We talked about the Hebrew word for promise, Brit, and the strength of this commitment.  When talking about GOD's promise, students were asked to think about agreeing to do something, and then changing their minds. We also talked about trust, and honoring their commitments. Digging a little bit deeper, we had a rather heated discussion about how we feel when others promise to do things, and then go back on their word.  On the same note, students were asked to think about how others feel when we say we will do something, and fail to follow through.  

Finally, we talked about the relationship we have with each other, and how important it is to follow our words with actions.  We talked about the teacher student relationship, and how it feels when our teacher may not think our word is good, or worse, when a teacher doubts our integrity.   Fortunately, this is not the case in Kitah Dalet, and I made a promise to our students, and they made one as well. It will be interesting to see how strong our relationship is on Sunday morning.

Please spend a few minutes talking with your students about the power of their words, and what their thoughts are about building relationships through integrity.