Have you ever told a white lie? Elaborated the story a bit? Counted in your favor? Ignored the rules when nobody was looking? Told your parents you did your homework when you didn't? It's so easy to make a small bad choice, but after that it get's easier. Then the medium sized lies seem smaller...and the ginormous lies, well those will just happen this one time...right?
We played a game where everyone knew the rules, but how many still cheated? Let's just say there were some cheaters in our group. We talked about how sometimes friends can talk us into a bad choice, yet we want friends that don't lie. Ummmm how does that work? Each day we have to think about our story as a recording...if every action we make is recored, would we be proud to show our kids someday?
Tonight we played a pretty simple game, with simple rules and learned a little bit about what can happen any time we are given a chance to "win" a game. Some people may have cheated, yep even at church. We talked about how easy it can be to cheat, and many of us do it daily; integrity is tough. As tough as it is we need to strive each and every day to be people of integrity. Do the right thing, and encourage your friends to do the same.
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| Prepping the balloons and listening to the rules. |
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| Don't cheat... |
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| It's tough to be honest...and follow all the rules. Shhhh...no talking, or eye contact, and keep the balloons up. |
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