Think a little

I have been doing a lot of thinking about leadership, character, integrity, and manhood. The CNN article below prompted this post. A passage from 1 Timothy in the New Testament of the Bible has a lot to say about such matters: 

"Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task. Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money."

In context, this was originally written as instructions to the early church, for vetting potential leaders, but its principles also speaks to leadership in other areas of life, including politics. To my mind, a voter should be careful about whether somebody with an unstable personal life should be given the responsibility of elected office. For male political candidates, they should be good husbands to their wives, and good fathers to their children.

They should also be level headed, and not constantly lashing out verbally at their opponents. This speaks to the importance of self-control, being respectable, hospitable, kind, able to learn and grow, and not arrogant and greedy.. This also extends to being scrupulously honest in handling money. These are the things that I hope my American friends are weighing up as they enter yet another election cycle over the next eighteen months. 

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/07/politics/casey-desantis-iowa-campaign/index.html