By Archbishop Charles Agyinasare
Day 289 (15/10/2024)
Proverbs 11:3 (NLT) “Honesty guides good people; dishonesty destroys treacherous people.”
In December of 2001, George O’Leary resigned in disgrace, just five days after accepting the position as the head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, as he was hired with dishonest claims in his published biographical sketch. The biography, which had remained more or less unchanged for two decades, stated that O’Leary had earned three letters in football at the University of New Hampshire.
However, when the school was contacted, they confirmed he had not even played in one game. When this came to light, O’Leary offered his immediate resignation. When he had seemingly reached the heights of his profession, he woke up to find it all taken away due to dishonesty.
The subject of honesty and dishonesty is clearly a big issue, and I believe it still is today. Today’s reading reminds us that honesty guides good people; dishonesty destroys treacherous people. Honesty is truthfulness or openness. An honest person is not prone to cheating or stealing. As believers, we need to be honest, and here are three reasons why we must live in honesty:
