Remain true to core values like honesty, family, and your faith in God. When a person betrays his or her core values, he or she loses a piece of themselves. They are, at best, only part of what they could be. People respect and trust people that hold true to their core values.
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) -Hebrews 10:23
Loyalty is a noble trait that is recognized by many but practiced by few. Be loyal first to God and your faith and then to those you love. When those around you observe your loyalty to your God, your faith, and those you love, they will respect you and be more likely to be loyal to you. God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. (1Co 1:9)
We dedicate today's blog to a devoted a loyal friend of our family, Sparky, who past away May 11, 2017. Truly the animal kingdom can teach us much about devotion and loyalty. We thank God for the joy he brought to us.
"It is better to be faithful than famous." -Theodore Roosevelt
Confidentially! If someone has entrusted you with a confidence, then make every effort to keep it. They have entrusted you with a treasure and honored you with their trust. The only exceptions to keeping a confidence is if someone shares that they were going to hurt themselves or someone else or engage in some illegal activity.
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His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. Matthew 25:23
Remember when Jesus was talking about the talents? He said the same thing to all three men; (two were faithful and one wasn’t) He said, “Thou hast been faithful over a few things . . . I will now give you a gold house to live in, a pair of wings to fly with, and also an harp!” No, all of those things hadn’t anything to do with what He was talking about. He said, “Thou hast been faithful over a few things.” What was the reward? A gold crown? An harp? No, the reward was the lifting up of a quality of faithfulness, which the two men earned here, and projecting it upon a new plane over there—multiplied! The reward was not the material things which most hymn writers put in singing books. The reward for those men was the faithfulness which they had acquired HERE, multiplied and projected upon a new level; on a new plane. Jesus Said “Thou hast been faithful over a few things—you will also now be faithful over many things.” -
