Over the last few weeks, I have been thinking
about the character trait integrity. Like my Pastor has talked about before
in his sermons, we should be honest with ourselves. Having the attitude of
wanting to know where we fall short and what we need to do.
There are many examples of this
character trait called integrity throughout the Bible. I thought about what
happens when there is a lack of this trait as in Genesis 27:1-45 when Rebekah convinced her favorite son to trick his father and
receive his blessing instead of Esau. This set off all kinds of family turmoil.
Then I thought about the example of
David’s men in 2 Samuel 18:9-12 who honored David’s wishes. They didn’t kill Absalom even
though he was fighting in the enemy’s army and there was a big reward to kill
him.
I then thought about examples of
people in more current times who have demonstrated integrity and about how a
society could build up this quality for future generations. To read these
thoughts, take a look at the post titled Ideas for Building a Society with More Integrity.
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