T(r)oy's Marbles
on integrity
What is integrity? The Oxford English Dictionary says that the word comes from the Latin integritas, which means "wholeness," "entireness," "completeness." The root word is integer, which means "untouched," "intact," "entire." Integrity is to personal or corporate character what health is to the body or 20/20 vision is to the eyes. A person with integrity is not divided (that's duplicity) or merely pretending (that's hypocrisy). He or she is "whole"; life is "put together," and things are working together harmoniously. People with integrity have nothing to hide and nothing to fear. Their lives are open books. They are integers...
Jesus made it clear that integrity involves the whole of the inner person: the heart, the mind, and the will. The person with integrity has a single heart. He doesn't try to love God and the world at the same time...The person with integrity also has a single mind, and a single outlook...Jesus also said that the person with integrity has a single will; he seeks to serve but one master. Peter T. Forsythe was right when he said, "The first duty of every soul is to find not its freedom but its Master." Once you find your Master, Jesus Christ, you will find your freedom...
from "The Integrity Crisis" by Warren Wiersbe
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