Shirlee Abbott

Integrity

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Shirlee Abbott

We live in an era of spin, damage control and fake news.

Fake integrity?

You can’t fool God.

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Ity Words

Posted on May 21, 2017 by Shirlee Abbott

These words have been running through my head all last week. Do they describe you?

Integrity
Serenity
Fidelity
Dignity

Holding to high moral values. Consistently displaying a calm and unruffled nature. Being faithful in all things. Living in a manner worthy of respect.

Paul’s letter to the Philippian church comes to mind:

Philippians 4:8 (NLT)
And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.

Fix your thoughts. Think “ity.”

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Mom’s Right

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Shirlee Abbott

Good advice from your mother –

Get out of the mud
Wash your hands
God loves you and has a plan for your life

Mom, and God.

Psalm 40:2 (NIV)
He lifted me . . . out of the mud and mire.

Psalm 24:3-4
Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord?
. . . The one who has clean hands and a pure heart.

Jeremiah 29:11
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

Listen up. Mom was right.