Integrity
determines how success or failure is managed. Personal failure can be devastating
because failure is attached to our values, morals, and sense of uprightness. It
is not unusual to overestimate what we can do with the skills and abilities that
God has given us, but failure does not require a denunciation of who we are as persons.
By his mercy, kindness, and
forgiveness God will, by Christ Jesus, renew a meaningful and purposeful spirit
within us. Finding purpose beyond failure is where integrity plays a major
role. When we are enlightened and strengthened by the Holy Spirit, our integrity
prevents us from lapsing into despair when failure, whether perceived or real, comes
our way.
A
friend was forced to take early retirement, but resigning to a life without
purpose was out the question. Instead, he determined to find a new purpose for the
remaining time God would give him. His integrity allowed him to use this crisis
as a means for determining how all things work together for good to those who
love God and are called according to his purpose.
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