Integrity

The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines integrity as, "adherence to a code of values: incorruptability; soundness; completeness." I define character and integrity as one and the same as denoting moral excellence. I like to say that reputation is who you are when people are watching. Character, or integrity, is who you are when no one else is watching. God, of course, sees it all.

I'm constantly shocked by things I read in the news. Two teenage girls shook down a much younger, defenseless, grade school child for Girl Scout money so they could go shopping and joy riding. They had no shame, but laughed and bragged about it. They felt entitled to do so. I hope they're prosecuted. One will be inasmuch as she's been caught shoplifting since then. She now claims she's been traumatized by the realization that she's about to be prosecuted and she's on bed rest, according to her doctors. How did they turn into such monsters? They have absolutely no remorse.

God will preserve the righteous, but He sees and will punish those who do evil (Psa. 7:8-10; Prov. 11:1-3). Let us always endeavor to set an example for others around us, especially the younger adults and children, in dealing honestly and forthrightly with all people (Eph. 4:1-3, 25-30; Titus 2:6-8).