Principles - Prerequisite for Leadership

I write very often and much of what I write never is seen again once it was written. I thought what I am about to post would be one of those pieces however I think it would be a good post in light of what is going on here on our place.

A bit of behind the scenes to let you know whats going on. We have been wanting to either sell our place to get a larger tract of land for farming, or we wanted to sell the Double wide mobile home which is in the middle of the property to make more room for crops and such. We found a couple who were very interested in buying the mobile and when we tried to sell it to them we found that we could not because our mortgage requires that the Mobile home stays on the property. Well they were able to get the loan and it required no deed or title for the mobile home...in other words we could have sold the mobile and the bankers would never have known. Boy was that tempting! Not to mention a strange set of events that almost seem to make the situation seem as though God himself set the things into motion to make it happen. All was ready.

But my conscience was giving me a run for my money. After weeks of prayer and thinking for the decision and against it...back and forth...I thought of this article I wrote months earlier. After this I (we) have decided not to sell the mobile and this makes things even more complicated to figure out. But its the right decision.

Below is the article I wrote but had set on my laptop for months. What I want those who read this to take from it is that principles guide you when you don't know where your going.

I hope you enjoy this.

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Principles, a Prerequisite for Leadership

Jeremy Myers

July 3, 2008

The rumbling of thunder crowd for attention amongst the sounds of the night insects, a storm is developing on the horizon and we’re soon to receive the rain. How can we stop it? What a fruitless venture it would be to interfere with a process such as this. As the flashing breaks the night sky, the peals of thunder destroys the peaceful bliss that once was before the day became far spent. It is the nature of storms to create awareness, and to cause us to open our eyes and cause us to pay attention so that the crashes of lightning don’t strike us.

What are the principles of storms? Everything works with a type of order, what is this in comparison?

• Once moving, you cannot stop it. Therefore, it would be unwise to worry about it, since such worry would cloud your judgment to prepare for its arrival.


• Before it’s upon you, take shelter. This would mean that it would be wise to know what a good type of shelter would be for the storm you are in before the storm even comes into view.


• Once upon you, stay resolute in your security and placement. Don’t go running outside to see what the storm is doing, don’t assume you are able to handle what the storm throws at you.


• When fear sets in, be resolved in your foundation and the shelter by which you are covered.


• When it passes, be thankful to weather the storm safely. Plan to be safer for the next storm that will undoubtedly come.

How long will the storm last? No one knows. Am I still talking about the weather or something deeper? Yes. What I have outlined are principles. Principles hold true in spite of the circumstances. I could take the previous statements and apply them to politics, personal journeys, spiritual journeys, and more. Why do I state all this. A leader must understand principles and how they work and why they are formed. Not all circumstances will be the same. Not every problem has an easy solution. When a principle is established, the pathway can be illuminated even when its night time and a storm is blowing in. These principles, taken to heart, can be quickly reintroduced into a situation demanding a decision, and the outcome will be the right outcome. It is of note that I say the right outcome. I didn’t say the most favorable outcome. Someone who desires to lead need only know the principles to do so. All the rest just causes the sheep to be lead astray.

It is a just leader who learns the laws, as the laws of nature are learned to understand storms, and verifies if those laws are in keeping with reality. If it was said today that the earth was flat and that one could fall off the edge, as it was five centuries ago, one would throw it out on the basis that we could not have the seasons which we do or we could not circumvent the entire globe with an ocean vessel if it were so. Therefore, the law of a flat earth should be thrown out for one that is obvious. Or maybe it is a place where a law is not necessary, such as the law of gravity. With respect to our planet it exists, with respect to space, it does not. How then can we have a law on a behavior which does nothing but promote more of the same behavior?I purposely speak in riddles to cause the reader to think about its meaning. We so often read through then go on and it is forgotten immediately. This way in order to understand you must internalize and maybe even educate yourself to find the answers.

Many times I have thought how I can make a difference. And many times I have come to the same conclusion that: I do make a difference, as long as I keep going, though it is not always satisfactory to my desires.

Some day if I were ever to be brought into a situation where a government office was a potential, I would run. As it stands now I do not know what I should do, so I continue on as a steady plow, plows in a large field. The only way the field will be broken up, is to continue forward and not dwell on the crooked rows.