Do your commitments match your convictions?

“Be doers of the word, and not hearers only."

James 1:22

Expose Any Gaps

In MD5, we define integrity as the merging of what we say is important and what we actually do. If you looked at your calendar, would your time with your family reflect your convictions—or expose a gap between the man you say you are and the man you show you are?

Don't Have These Regrets

Patrick Morley said that when he was younger, he asked older men what they regretted most. Their answer was nearly always the same: “I was so busy improving my family’s standard of living that before I knew it, my kids were grown and gone—and I never really knew them.”

Harry Chapin’s song “Cat’s in the Cradle” captured that same ache. The son keeps saying, “I’m gonna be like you, Dad,”—and by the end of the song, he is. Too busy for Dad just as Dad was too busy for him.

Our Challenge

Men, let’s not let that be our story. Let’s make sure our commitments match our convictions!

Steve Crawley

MD5 Facilitator