For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but in the eyes of men.
2 Corinthians 8:21
TODAY TWO LIFESTYLES stand in sharp contrast to each other; one labeled "integrity" and the other labeled "expedience" or "moral relativism." How are they different? Let the following story illustrate how.
A nurse was hired to work in the operating room of a well-known hospital. Her employment, however was subject to the approval of the surgeon she would work with. At the beginning of the procedure the doctor told her, "I want you to keep track of the number of sponges that are used and count them to make sure that every one is removed from the body cavity of the patient."
When the nurse's back was turned, the doctor removed one of them, dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. At the end of the Surgery he asked, "Have we removed all of the sponges?"
"You've only removed 11 sponges, doctor, she told the surgeons, adding, "We used 12."
"I temoved them all," the doctor declared. "we'll close the incision now."
"No," objected nurse. "We used 12 sponges."
"I'll take the responsibility," the surgeon said grimly "Suture!"
"You can't do that!" blazed the nurse, "Think of the patient."
Then the surgeon smiled, lifted his foot, and showed the nurse the twelfth sponge. "You'll do," he said." That's integrity.
In the end, you choose which side you come down on, and with your choice there are far-reaching consequences.
The very fiber of your life is the result of your moral choices.
A nurse was hired to work in the operating room of a well-known hospital. Her employment, however was subject to the approval of the surgeon she would work with. At the beginning of the procedure the doctor told her, "I want you to keep track of the number of sponges that are used and count them to make sure that every one is removed from the body cavity of the patient."
When the nurse's back was turned, the doctor removed one of them, dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. At the end of the Surgery he asked, "Have we removed all of the sponges?"
"You've only removed 11 sponges, doctor, she told the surgeons, adding, "We used 12."
"I temoved them all," the doctor declared. "we'll close the incision now."
"No," objected nurse. "We used 12 sponges."
"I'll take the responsibility," the surgeon said grimly "Suture!"
"You can't do that!" blazed the nurse, "Think of the patient."
Then the surgeon smiled, lifted his foot, and showed the nurse the twelfth sponge. "You'll do," he said." That's integrity.
In the end, you choose which side you come down on, and with your choice there are far-reaching consequences.
The very fiber of your life is the result of your moral choices.
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