Word on the Way - Ecclesiastes 10:4

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Friday, May 28
Ecclesiastes 10:4 If your boss is angry at you, don’t quit! A quiet spirit can overcome even great mistakes.

I sneaked a peek at this verse yesterday to see what I had coming, and I was a little weirded out by this verse. Yet, as I read it today I started to see what the words were saying. To me its talking about integrity. Integrity is not just about being right all the time, actually anyone can be right all the time. Integrity usually only shows up when you're wrong. When somehow you are called into question; and this verse displays, probably, the best reaction. The verse says, take it! Take responsibility and endure that your boss can see that you are dependable, even when you are wrong.

This is hard. You have to shelf your pride and be willing to be seen as a failure. Yet, as Christians we should be used to this. Christianity is the road less traveled. Unfortunately, now I have to say true Christianity is the road less traveled. The closer we get to our Lord the more we begin to focus less on ourselves and more on Him, the more our motivations change from temporal to eternal. With the Lord's help we will persevere through the rough times with integrity as an example of the Lord's love, which transcends this earthly realm.