Thomas Edison has been widely professed as the inventor of the electric light bulb. A little digging through history, paints a different story. There were in fact many other inventors who had made developments on the electric light bulb prior to Edison.
Edison did however produce the first light bulb that could be cost effectively reproduced in large scale. Edison is accredited as being the most prolific inventor of his time with 1093 US patents in his name. What most don't know is that Edison had staff doing development work for him but that the final product was accredited to him.
More digging reveals that Edison's business practices were dubious, even going as far as bribery and selling counterfeit movies, resulting in bankrupting his competitor. The question I ask myself is where is the integrity in all that?
God's desire is for our lives to glorify him and to achieve this, we need to live a life of integrity. What do you want people to remember you for? Do you honour God in your dealings?
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