Character is equally important in the home, in the schoolroom, in our churches, in our homes and on our streets. The bell sounding an alarm over our national character crisis tolls not just for the White House, it tolls for us all. Character is important. We long for pure and unadulterated leadership. But when we are alone with our thoughts and brutally honest, some of us worry that we Americans are getting the leadership we deserve.
Character is important.
We are tired of blame-shifting, diluted apologies riddled with claims of victimhood, finger pointing, and we grieve over partisan attacks in the name of standards and values. Character is important. Each one of us must consider our own commitment to character and values as we are challenged and confronted by the storm clouds over Washington. All of us have, and have had, our own struggles with the dark and sordid side of our sinful human nature. Lust, greed, envy, hatred, jealousy and vanity are among the base elements of our nature that wage war against each of us every day.