Leadership

One of the awesomest parts of our family reunion was God showing me what Godly male leadership looked like.  I saw my uncles, who are now the elders in our family.  That’s scary cause what does that make me - - the next generation after them to step up to the plate?  Not quite, but close.  

My uncles spoke words that were truthful, even if it was painful for some to hear.  I get that some relatives would like Uncle Tom to be more loving and gentle, but he is who he is and that’s a blunt guy who says it like it is.  He and my mom have that in common.  Wonder where they got that from?  They didn’t get it from Grandma.

To be a leader, to speak God’s Word doesn’t mean you’ll be popular, doesn’t mean the masses will love you, some will hate you, some will resent you, some will think you aren’t being sensitive enough or not in touch with the way the world works today, but who cares all you can do is what God calls you to do.  And for some like me to hear the truth, to see Godly men do God’s work was like a cold glass of water on a hot summer day.  I want this for Jory. 

Then I heard my uncle defend his wife.  And my heart stopped.  YES!  I want a husband like 

that.  One who has got my back.  I want Jory to be like this.  I want the girls to be married to men like this. 

Leadership ain’t for the faint of heart, but to see in action in my uncles, in Mort, ahhh, it’s simply breathtaking.