There are leaders, and then there are leaders.
Anyone can lead. But it takes courage and integrity to be a leader. Those who lead simply do that. They lead. Real leaders, on the other hand, are built on a firm base of strong character. The way a true leader acts around his or her own peers is the same as the way they act around those they lead. That's the way it has to be. If the standard a leader holds amongst his peers is lower than the example he sets to those under him, it only serves to undercut that example. You can't live with double-standards.
When the example you set isn't consistent, you should probably reconsider what you're doing in the place you're at. Especially as a Christian.
Can both fresh and salt water come out of the same well?
If the way we speak and act reflects nothing of Christ, if we say things in during the week we would not say at church, if we with a single breath abolish one thing but then affirm it with our actions... Why do we think we deserve to carry Christ's name?
And in a way I suppose I disgust myself. Sure, I'm only human. But worse humans than myself can manage a life that's free of hypocrisy. Even ones that don't have the same moral base that I do.
Example is everything. People are meant to see Christ in us. Not reflections of the utterness of human depravity.
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