Integri-ful

How in the world do you describe someone who has lots of integrity?  Is it full of integrity?  Or integri-ful?  I prefer the latter, even though it is not proper English.  Last night, Becca and I were at Red Lobster.  We had a full meal, including dessert.  At the end of the meal, we received our bill and noticed that the dessert was not on it.  We pulled our server aside, and we informed her of the missing item.  She gave us a surprised look and did not seem to encourage her.  After we had it all sorted out, she thanked us for being honest and we left the restaurant.  This has had me thinking a lot over the past few hours.  How many people would not have pointed it out?  How many would not have noticed?

Proverbs 10:9 says, "He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out."

This verse stuck out to me because of my experience at the restaurant last night.  I am not wanting to toot my own horn, but it has me thinking about people and how we respond.  We could have walked away and said it was an honest mistake, and we benefited from it, or we could have chosen to ignore the whole thing and not look into it.  But we chose to live with integrity, to be integri-ful!

As I ponder this thought of living with integrity I am not limited to my catching a wrong bill.  In my job I have been given lots of freedom to work however I want to work and do things the way I see fit.  I am trusted by my employer to carry out the tasks of my position and to make camp a better place.  This means using all my time wisely and not getting distracted by the shiny things that cross my window or computer screen every day.  This also means living by the same standards every day, and not giving into the temptations that may cross my way.  Today, I will focus my time and energy in improving camp and doing my job.

How about you?  What do you have be integri-ful with every day?

In His service, CrazyPete