Leaders,
strong, black, proud
Leaders,
we say your name out loud
now
we bow
to God who is our head
we vow
that we’ll serve Him
no matter what may come ahead
Leaders,
who influence our lives
Leaders,
our pastors, ministers, clergy and their wives
Leaders,
who invoke change within us
but
The real change takes place within our souls;
The real change takes place when the unfolding of our souls reflect in some deep, mysterious way
like that deep, agonizing, glorious Shabach that we cry to the Lord
to ask Him for His help
Life is not a technical or mechanical act of engineering
It cannot be lived by following a script
The metaphor of leader as a poet is an important one because metaphors establish a mindscape that affects the way we look at the world.
Leaders influence what we believe and how we act.
They also set our expectations and establish the way we think about leadership
Leadership, like life, is about learning what it means to be fully human
They feel pain as many of us do
they endure the same struggles that regular people go through
Leaders toil in the messy fields of day-to-day life
From the nights of crying that we'll never know
Many late night phone calls of pain and sorrow
All the emotional moments we'll never see
and all of this because of ministry
you keep all of those secrets because of the love that you have for each and every one of us
kinda like the love that God had when He sent us His only begotten Son
and that piece of the story has just begun
to tell of the many works we'll do to come
For it is written that we'll do greater works in Jesus' name
Have people coming in one way and not leaving the same
So all the things that lie ahead are greater than us
All the witnessing we'll do
will have the war won
the one who has the power to set us all free
and now that we've won
God's got the victory
Through the leaders He sent right after His own heart
made the veterans in the gospel even get s fresh start
yet still had a heart to lead the people with humility
integrity, longevity, loving kindness
which is what we need
So we are so thankful for our leadership Pastor and Lady Meade
intensely written this
intensely written this poem/prose, you have listed many qualities a leader should have - I think one of the most important qualities is to be humane and remember we are all human, the rest are popular and unpopular decisions which sometimes have to be made. Liked your writing your creation here was very interesting to read and evokes a comment I think by all who do read this prose.
http://www.postpoems.org/authours/a.griffiths57