Learning from the Kids
Integrity.
What does it mean to you? To me it means doing what I say I will do, being honest with others in my personal life and my business life, and being willing to make things right when I know they haven’t been.
I saw a wonderful example of Integrity this week, in one of my children. I saw an example that is inspiring to me, not only as a parent, but as a Christian.
Last summer my son was allowed to go on a trip he really wanted to go on. The deal was that he would pay for it, but that the people who were in charge would put the funds up front for him. There was no real time frame suggested.
He ended up getting a job a few months ago, and began to save his money. Now, he couldn’t remember exactly how much he owed them, but rather than ask them, he gave them above what he knew the minimum would be and told them to keep it as an offering to their ministry.
In the process of taking care of this debt, he told me that he wanted them to know that teens are trustworthy. He wanted to leave them with the impression that they could go on doing things like this for young people, and not be ripped off. He wanted to help them do this again with his offering.
Now, as a parent that makes me proud. As a Christian it actually makes me feel a little convicted about some of the things I haven’t made right, that I need to make right. Not just in the financial end of things, but in other areas.
When I say I will pray for someone, sometimes I honestly forget- especially if I don’t do it right away. That is not being a woman of Integrity.
When I borrow something from someone, I am not usually very fast at returning it.
I am challenged to change.
Learning from the kids is wonderful. Applying it to life will have to be done on purpose.
April 28th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
everyone learns from everyone