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Sunday, September 9, 2012

Wanted: Women and Men of Honor and Integrity

I listened this morning to the BYU Devotional that Neil Andersen gave on September 13, 2011.  He made some excellent points as we search for women and men of honor and integrity to work at Esperanza. 


·         However, the standard for honesty is not determined through comparison with others.

·         On the one hand there is truth and light and honesty and integrity. On the other hand there is lying, deceiving, hypocrisy, and darkness.

·         The world would tell us that truth and honesty are difficult to define. The world finds humor in casual lying and quickly excuses so-called “innocent” deception. The contrast between right and wrong is dulled, and the consequences of dishonesty are minimized.

·         To constantly receive the Spirit of Truth, our lives must be filled with truth and honesty. As we become completely honest, our spiritual eyes are opened to increased enlightenment.

·         The truth you seek is tied to the person you are.

·         I like this definition of honesty: “Honesty is to be completely truthful, upright, and just.” (From values.com/honesty

·         Also, integrity is “[having] the moral courage to make [your] actions consistent with [your] knowledge of right and wrong.” (Young Women Personal Progress online interactive version, “Integrity”;lds.org/young-women/personal-progress/integrity?lang=eng)

·         There are times we honor commitments simply because we have agreed to honor them. You will have situations in your life after your university years when you will be tempted to disregard an agreement you have made. You will initially make the agreement because of something you wish to receive in return. Later, because of a change in circumstances, you will no longer want to honor the terms of the agreement. Learn now that when you give your word, when you make a promise, when you sign your name, your personal honesty and integrity bind you to your word, your commitment, your agreement.

·         Brigham Young once said, “We must learn to be righteous in the dark.” (Brigham Young’s Office Journal, 28 January 1857). One definition of this phrase is that we must learn to be honest when no one would know if we were dishonest.

 

 

 

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