“They came to [Jesus] and said, ‘Teacher, we know that you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.’” -Mark 12:14
Recently, I went to see the movie, “The Last Kiss,” starring Zach Braff (the crazy guy from Scrubs and Garden State). It’s a movie about a 29-year-old guy struggling with his quarter life crisis. He just found out his girlfriend is pregnant, and he doesn’t want to commit to marriage; his brainiac solution is to go have a one night stand with a college girl. Afterwards, he realizes his mistake and goes back to his girlfriend and tries to win her back. Though the movie was pretty disappointing (the characters were poorly developed and the plot was disturbing), one scene stood out in my mind. When Zach Braff’s character goes to win the girl back, he has a conversation with her father. The father asks him, “Why… should I let you try to win her back?”
“I know what I did was wrong… nothing I do could ever make it go away… I wish I could… but I love her. I really do. I love her.”
And then the dad says the line that made the $8.50 worth it for me.
“What you feel doesn’t matter to anyone but you. What you do to the ones you say you love – that’s what really matters.”
I think that’s a good explanation of integrity. Integrity is not so much about what goes on inside a person; it is about the extent to which what they do reflects what goes on inside them.
When the teachers of the law came to Jesus, they said to him, “We know that you are a man of integrity…” How did they know? They had seen him demonstrate the very things he taught. He didn’t take bribes, he wasn’t impressed by bigwigs, and he taught in accordance with the truth. His actions reflected the goodness in his own heart.
Being real is about showing what’s inside of you. Integrity is about having something inside worth showing off, and then being real about it.
Recently, I went to see the movie, “The Last Kiss,” starring Zach Braff (the crazy guy from Scrubs and Garden State). It’s a movie about a 29-year-old guy struggling with his quarter life crisis. He just found out his girlfriend is pregnant, and he doesn’t want to commit to marriage; his brainiac solution is to go have a one night stand with a college girl. Afterwards, he realizes his mistake and goes back to his girlfriend and tries to win her back. Though the movie was pretty disappointing (the characters were poorly developed and the plot was disturbing), one scene stood out in my mind. When Zach Braff’s character goes to win the girl back, he has a conversation with her father. The father asks him, “Why… should I let you try to win her back?”
“I know what I did was wrong… nothing I do could ever make it go away… I wish I could… but I love her. I really do. I love her.”
And then the dad says the line that made the $8.50 worth it for me.
“What you feel doesn’t matter to anyone but you. What you do to the ones you say you love – that’s what really matters.”
I think that’s a good explanation of integrity. Integrity is not so much about what goes on inside a person; it is about the extent to which what they do reflects what goes on inside them.
When the teachers of the law came to Jesus, they said to him, “We know that you are a man of integrity…” How did they know? They had seen him demonstrate the very things he taught. He didn’t take bribes, he wasn’t impressed by bigwigs, and he taught in accordance with the truth. His actions reflected the goodness in his own heart.
Being real is about showing what’s inside of you. Integrity is about having something inside worth showing off, and then being real about it.
posted by Joe P. @ 7:30 AM
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