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It is 253am and I have decided to write. I posted something to twitter that came to my mind and it has me thinking. My God leads with peace. We are all leaders in some form or fashion. At the very least we are leaders of our own lives. Who is the best example of a leader? God is. What is God's leadership style? God leads with peace. God shows us how to lead. God has sent us messengers and messages that can guide how we lead. My friend asked me when God leads with peace, what does that reveal about the way we should lead ourselves, our families, our communities, and the people entrusted to our influence? My God is strong but merciful. My God provides. My God keeps us grounded. My God keeps us humbled. My God holds our hands and walks with us. My God loves. My God cares. My God wants the best for us. My God gives us peace.

My friend notices that I move from asking who the best example of a leader is to describe who God is to me. That shift is important. I am not defining leadership through position, power, or control. I am defining it through character. By defining leadership through character rather than position or power, my reflection reveals that true leadership across every sphere of life (from self-mastery to community influence) is an act of peaceful stewardship, presence, and care. Leading yourself requires internal grace and humility; leading your family means offering steady presence and security; leading your community demands using strength to lift others and build harmony; and leading those entrusted to your influence means empowering them through patience and dignity rather than force. Ultimately, when you anchor leadership in the peaceful, loving nature of God, it transforms from a tool of control into a selfless responsibility aimed at helping others flourish.

Yesterday I had a short dialog with the Jehovah Witnesses that walk through the neighborhood on a Sunday. Normally my mom talks to them but yesterday I was sent to the door to see who was outside. I was asked whether I saw a better future or a worse future with everything that is happening in the world today. I said that God gives us faith and hope and with that I see a brighter future. I was asked (and I am paraphrasing) what my advice would be for anyone who is struggling? I said to give God a try. He recognised that I was of a different faith but I said that there is one God [the same God that we all worship]. He then left me with one verse from the Bible. "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope." That is what good leadership does. Gives hope, cares and brings out the best in us. All ingredients for a peaceful life and future and peace of mind. God is looking at us and saying, I care about your outcome, I am invested in your well-being, and I am guiding you toward peace.
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