My desktop is showing 3.28am ... Wow ~ I'm amazed by myself. It's been a long time since I last slept so late. Went for a SOT Team 17 outing this evening after work. Well ~ it was supposed to be a "good turnout" but the drop in actual from forecast was kind of drastic. Only Shan, Ivan, Zhenjun, Jon and I turned up. BUT it's OK! We had fun anyway! ;p Thank you Shan, Ivan, Zhenjun and Jon. It's a good evening out with you guys! (^_^)
Current Mode: *Burdened*
Spent some time browsing through everybody's blog a while ago and I just feel so burdened reading the entries of some of my loved ones.
Have they lost the focus?
Do they know what does it mean when they claimed that they are willing to "pay the price"?
Is God still number 1 in their lives?
It's amazing that tears trickled down my cheeks when I read their entries. They have lost it. Somehow.
INTEGRITY in merriam-webster is defined:
1 : firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility
2 : an unimpaired condition : soundness
3 : the quality or state of being complete or undivided : completeness
Pastor Phil wrote it in the Leadership Files that 'Integrity' comes from the word 'integrate', that is, to become united as a complete whole. That means our actions, thoughts and words should be in alignment, in unison.
What we say and what we do must agree. Failing this makes us hypocritical.
Our people will do what we do more than what we say. Are you given the responsibility over someone's well-being? If you are, PLEASE, watch what you do, what you say, what you think and even what you blog. Sheep being sheep, they will follow their shepherd. If you have the privilege to be a shepherd over someone else's life, please be the best shepherd you can. Lead them to life...not destruction. Watch your words, watch your action.
People accuse of excuse themselves on the actions of their leaders. They won't know better. These innocent lives recognized that you are the leader over their lives. As a fact that you are doing what you did, they will follow. PLEASE.
Our lives are the most powerful message we will ever preach. I am not a perfect person but I will watch my actions because I do not want to cause any that is watching me to stumble. I've paid the price. I've given up many things. Can you recognize that?
Ok. I hardly blog like this. Just this once in a blue moon experience for Rae.
