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In many ways leadership is also servanthood.
Really a leader is just a servant accountable to everyone
he leads. As a legislator I serve my constituents. As a pro-life
leader I serve the unborn and their champions.
I've always felt that servanthood was one of my strongest
qualities. I enjoy helping others and sharing in their work.
Once during my two years of working at the Salvation Army
Angel Tree Project that provided Christmas gifts for needy
families in Memphis, I received a hug of sincerest gratitude
from a woman who was picking up gifts for her children. All
I did was find the bag of gifts and bring it to her, but I
received the sentiment on behalf of the hundreds of volunteers
who brought some of the joy of the season back into that household.
And when I accompanied Cambridge Christian Fellowship on
an outreach to help eastern North Carolina residents clean
up their hurricane-battered homes, an elderly couple smiled
at us benevolently as we worked. I took the dirtiest job underneath
the house where, after being warned to watch for snakes, I
crawled through the mud and rocks to tear out insulation and
kick out pipes. It was fun, and we showed Christian love to
that couple through our servanthood.
Silent acts of service are probably my favorite, though.
If I am thanked, then I have received my reward, but if no
one thanks me, then my reward is in heaven. That's the best
kind.
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