Integrity

This past Sunday, George kept on teaching from James. Now he is in chapter three and talking about wisdom. He talked about earthly wisdom vs Godly wisdom. Godly wisdom gives us discernment. When we are in the midst of a problem, we need to ask our self what is our role in it and use wisdom to deal with it. Later in the accountability class, they took a more in depth look at the verses and studied how to apply it to our lives.

This week, the ladies and I talked about integrity. We want to be women of integrity. What does that mean and what does that look like in our lives. Last week the ladies were very quiet. I felt a little discouraged and wondered if I am helping them and making a difference. I don't just want to talk to fill time. I want to make sure what we talk about really encourages them to become Godly women. To get them talking, I decided to break them up into groups. I asked them to define integrity, assigned them verses to look up to see what the Bible says about it and asked them for real life examples of living with integrity and without integrity. It seems with the group work I figured out the key to get them talking. This culture is very much focused on groups, not individuals. So, this seemed to work well.



They enjoyed sharing what they came up with as a group and we all had good laughs as we shared the stories of moments of integrity and moments where it was lacking. I shared about Eli stealing the candy from the store. I could have left without paying, but the right thing to do was pay for it. They cracked up when they heard Eli stole! I challenged them this week in moments when they are tempted to do wrong to remember to choose integrity - doing what is right even when no one is looking. After all, God sees all and that is what matters.