Growing Integrity Graciously

Providing space to learn and grow through honest reflection enables us to graciously grow in our integrity. Living with integrity sees us striving to live so that there is consistency between our deeply held values and our thinking and actions.  When we reflect honestly and with humility, all of us recognise times when we haven’t lived according to our values. There are those times when we have failed to speak up for someone or something, did not listen well, spoke about or to someone in an unkind way, judged others or did not provide for someone’s need as well as we could. Throughout our lives, our understanding of ourselves, other people and the values we hold can continue to grow and deepen.

The good news is that we do not need to do this on our own. God comes to us, wanting to be in good relationship, providing His word through the Bible as a guide for reflection, resetting and growth. God encourages us to come to Him in prayer and seek forgiveness for where we have fallen short of what we could and should be. Forgiven and strengthened by God’s unconditional love and grace, we are free to live, filled with good purpose, hope and graciousness.  We can start afresh each day with the desire to live in good relationship with each other and with God, using our gifts for the good of people and the planet. In response to God’s graciousness, we can be gracious in how we see and relate to people around us.