Proverbs 11:3 (ESV)
The integrity of the upright guides them,
but the
crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
6 years after my last back surgery I find myself having
back surgery again. This will be my third Back surgery and I pray my last to
repair my lower back. Because I have an abnormally narrow spinal cord my surgeon
has to shore up the Lumbar area to take away the pinching of the nerves.
As I prepare for surgery I have done a lot of reading and
came across the story that took place in an operating room that deals with
integrity and doing the right thing.
In the operating room of a large hospital, a young nurse
was completing her first full day of responsibilities. "You've only
removed 11 sponges, doctor," she said to the surgeon. "We used
12." "I removed them all," the doctor declared. "We'll
close the incision now." "No," the nurse objected. "We used
12 sponges." "I'll take full responsibility," the surgeon said
grimly. "Suture!" "You
can't do that!" blazed the nurse. "Think of the patient." The
surgeon smiled, lifted his foot, and showed the nurse the 12th sponge.
"You'll do," he said.
Do you have the integrity do what’s right when pressured?
Dear Lord, we pray that we would have the integrity to
make the right decision. Help us to stand against what we know is wrong. In the
Name of Jesus, Amen.
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