This devotional reading really stuck with me yesterday.  Perhaps you will share it with others...

During the final play-off in the 1925 U.S. Open, Bobby Jones' ball ended up in the rough just off the fairway.  As he set up to play his shot, he accidentally moved his ball.  He immediately turned to the marshals and announced a foul.  The marshals hadn't seen the ball move; neither had anyone in the gallery.  So they left it up to Jones whether to take the penalty stroke.  He did.  Later when someone commended him for his integrity, Jones replied, "Do you commend a bank robber for not ribbing a bank? No, you don't.  This is how the game of golf should be played at all times."  Jones lost the match that day -- by one stroke, but he maintained his integrity.  His character was so well-knows that the United States Golf Association's sportsmanship award came to be named The Bob Jones Award.  So do the right thing, and keep doing it.  Even if it doesn't help you move ahead in the short-term, it will protect and serve well over the long-term.  Or as the Psalmist put it, "He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to his name" (Psalm 23:3, NLT). 

 -- copied from The Word for You Today May 13, 2008

May God bless your day and may we all seek to act with integrity, especially when no one is looking.  Blessings, Pastor Bob