Dear Friends.
A person of integrity is hard to
find these days.
John Maxwell is right when he
states. "Nothing is easier than saying words, and nothing is harder than
living them."
Your story is not your words but
your life. You are your message.
There is a story about Mahatma
Gandhi in which a woman took her little boy to see the great leader.
"Mahatma, please tell my little
boy to stop eating sugar," the woman requested.
"Come back in three days,"
said Gandhi.
Three days later, the woman and the
little boy returned, and Gandhi said to the little boy, "Stop eating
sugar."
Puzzled the woman asked," But
why didn't you tell my boy to stop eating sugar when we came the first time we
visited?"
"I could not tell him then, for
I was still eating sugar."
Our examples give credibility to our
character.
The way we build our character is by
always insuring there is consistency between what we say and what we do.
We have all heard those familiar
words: "Your actions speak so loudly that I can't hear what you are
saying." Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Trust is a leader's greatest asset.
It takes a long time to build it, and only a few seconds to lose it.
When it comes to integrity,
"seeing is believing."
The Word of God reminds us that
"Many a man proclaims his own loyalty, but who can find a trustworthy
man?" (Proverbs 20:6)
The question is asked with the
answer in mind. "It's rare. Only on a few occasions, will you find an
individual who is completely trustworthy.
Are we trustworthy? Do we always do
what we say we will do? Is there consistency between our words and our actions,
our creed and our conduct, our belief and our behavior?
The next verse, v. 7, goes on to
say: "A righteous man who walks in his integrity- how blessed are his sons
after him.”
I want to be the kind of man who
always walks with integrity. And I know you do, too.
Let us all live in a way such a way
that we would never be embarrassed if our family parrot was sold to the town
gossip.
Yours in faith and friendship,
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