Integrity

I woke up this morning thinking about integrity.  I mean that literally, as I was coming out of a sound sleep, my mind was groggily turning over what integrity looks like.  I am not sure if it was the tail end of a dream, but I have discovered over time that waking up with something on my mind means that I should take some time to ponder and pray about whatever it is. So, today it is integrity.

When I think about integrity, I think about what I say I believe matching up with how I live my life.  Every area of my life that doesn’t yet match up with what I say I believe, is an area where I am still lacking integrity.  It would be great to say that I don’t have any of those areas left in my life, but that would be a lie and a lack of integrity.

I also think about motives.  What are my motives for doing different things in life?  I don’t think any of us always have perfect motives.  There is almost always a little bit of self wrapped into even the things that we are doing for the Lord.   I was reminded a couple of days ago about how easy it is to be self focused.  Someone gave my wife and I a nice thank you card for hosting an event and they included a picture of us in the card.  I took a look at the picture and I said to my wife, “Hey, this is a good picture”!  My wife said, “No it’s not, it is a terrible picture”.  The reality of that story is, when I looked at the picture, I only took a good look at me.  It was a good picture of me.  But, it was not a good picture of my wife at all.  I hadn’t even noticed because I was only focusing on me.  This is how most of us look at pictures.  If we look good in it, it is a good picture, if we don’t look good, it is a bad picture.

So, today I will try and take some time to get the focus off of me and think about integrity.  What areas do I need to really get busy with the Lord in cleaning up, and what are my motives for the way that I am currently spending my time.

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Category: A Jesus Moment Ramblings