Integrity

Listened to Matt Chandler share about a recent church/personal conflict he walked through last year. In the podcast he shared about his past diagnosis with cancer. During that season where he had to have somewhat of an emergency surgery to remove a brain tumor he talks about things he hopes to see one day. Things such as walking his daughter down the aisle of her wedding, seeing his son graduate high school as an athlete, and others.

I pondered briefly (because it’s Monday morning before school which means for this school teacher I’m desperately praying for the immediate return of Jesus) what do I want to see in my life should the Lord tarry his return.

I’m sure if I gave it significant thought, which I will later, I could write a long list of desires and wants to see in my lifetime. However, the one thing that immediately came to my mind was this…

I want to live long enough that the integrity of my life outweighs the sinfulness of my past. I’m not talking about salvation, I know and believe that only comes from Jesus. Simply that I’ll be known for the integrity in the Lord in which I live out rather than the things I’ve done wrong or messed up.