Be always true to yourself, as if your
looking straight into the eyes of Jesus, and you’ll always be true to everyone
and in every way too.
July’s
Awakening, Day 26
There is no such thing as a minor
lapse of integrity.
—Tom Peters
This
above all: to thine own self be true,
And
it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou
canst not then be false to any man.
—William Shakespeare, “Hamlet”
Character—the willingness to accept
responsibility for one’s own life—is the source from which self-respect
springs.
—Joan Didion
May
integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you. Psalm 25:21
NIV
When
it comes to character, some things should never sleep. So it is with integrity,
for integrity is upholding the highest of standards and what is right, no matter
if anyone is looking or not. God always knows. Furthermore, breaking or bending
the rules once makes it even easier to stretch the boundaries again. Once a
cycle of integrity’s slipping and spiraling downward has begun, it is difficult
to control and amend. True, there are always those gray areas that seem to doom
either or both potential integrity choices, but one answer will usually have
the edge in uprightness. Pray and ask the Holy Spirit for guidance in these
situations if you are in a quandary. We certainly never know all the details, either,
so God’s directive is always superior.
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