Rebecca West
Biblical Leadership Throughout the Bible many strong leaders with unique traits have rose up in times of desperation. How Biblical leaders viewed the world affected the way they lead and how they are remembered. Although outside influences faltered these great leaders, through their faith in God, they were able to pursue their calling as a leader and persevere through the many trials life threw at them. To be a biblical leader is a great honor and privilege , God loves to call ordinary people just like you and I and use them for his good. Being a biblical leader does not mean you have to have everything all together in a pretty perfect picture like a Hollywood movie star, it just means being faithful with …show more content…
We can either run as far as we canon the opposite direction, or we can face are problems and persevere through them. Just like the Italian born, British nurse Florence Nightingale, or the first president of the United States President George Washington. Both of these amazing people made an impact on secular society, and both were Christians. Florence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy in the year 1820. At an early age her interest of nursing sparked and she began to minister to the ill and the poor. During the Crimean War , Nightingale and a team of nurses went to an unsanitary base hospital that belonged to the Britts and improved the unsanitary conditions if this hospital. By doing so she reduced the death count by two-third, because of this the findings in her writings would spark a worldwide health reform. She then went on to start the first ever nursing program and opened St. Thomas’ Hospital. Even today because of her hard work, consistency, and perseverance St. Thomas’ Hospital still continues to provide some of the highest quality health care in the world and she became one of the most respected nurses in her time period. Through her perseverance she was able to accomplish this and much more. She did not do it alone though. Nightingale had passion for what she did which became a drive, which as other people looked at her and how passionate she was about what she …show more content…
I know ever since I was abused mine did. It changed from this innocent little girl to this little girl struggling to find her identity again. I have found that first the first time in my life I struggle with both anxiety and depression and right after I was abused my youth pastor had to convince me out of suicide. Unfortunately a whooping {approx.} 17,700,000 have reported abuse since 1998, sadly this is only sexual assault, that is not including emotional or physical abuse victims. As leaders some other setbacks might be bullying, 1 in 3 students have reported that they had been bullied at school. It also has a strong link to suicide,in America , young people who are or were bullied are 2 to 9 times more likely to think about or attempt suicide than young people who had not been bullied. In Great Britain, half of suicides committed by young people are in relation to bullying, Depression can also be a big setback and change a leaders world view, considering that suicide is now the third leading cause of death for young people. It results in 4,400 deaths of young people each year. If you walked into a public high school, that is a scary number, cause just by walking in and feeling the vibe of the students, you know that most of those kids were not saved. These numbers became excuses for leaders, even in the