Misunderstood...but I am a LEADER

I woke up this morning feeling like writing. As i was looking for inspiration, I decided to go back to one of the book I read from T.D Jakes to find a quote that would help me write what I had in mind.
I found the quote I was looking for...
However, without really knowing why, i kept turning the pages as if i was looking for something else.
And there it was on page 67, God was speaking to me...answering me and providing me with a solution to something that was really bothering me...the feeling of being misunderstood.
Yup! That feeling was hiding deep down, and even though I had spoken about it to one or 2 people and even to God Himself, today that feeling was hiding deep down, hiding in the dark.
But because HE knows me better than I know myself, He managed to bring that feeling out, expose it to the light so that I see clearer and get stronger.
So here is the message...

Accept Being Controversial

(T.D Jakes, Before You Do p67)

"Exercising leadership requires that you accept being controversial.

Many people will not accept where you're going until after you get there. They don't understand the mind-set of a leader, because their opinions are based on where they are in life, not where you see your life going. Necessary members of your team (circle of friends) may have myopic visions; they are unable or unwilling to see the forest for the trees.

They are not the global thinkers you are. Leaders are not limited to one dimension but see the entire panoramic view of the team, their goals and life itself.

The difference in perspective between their myopic views and your panoramic view usually creates controversy, and a good leader has to be strong enough to live with the turmoil that comes from being misunderstood.

The controversies will hit you from many different direction and some will even emerge from those closest to you. These can be people who disagree with you. They want you to do and to be who they want and need, not necessarily who you must become according to your own personal sense of mission."

"You show leadership in the way you choose to live your life, the way you interact with others no matter what their social status, and the example you set for your family, friends, and others you come into contact with"- T.D Jakes

And to this I say:

I have chosen to be a child of God...chosen to make Him the centre of my life.

I have chosen to take the challenge to change the way I live, the way I speak, the way I think.

This won't be easy and will require patience, discipline, self-control but with the word of God I shall make it.

I have chosen to live my life a certain way...chosen to make wisdom my best friend.

For this is my Father's will for my life, I shall be contested but not defeated.

Thus I am a LEADER and today I accept to be controversial, arguable, questionable.

I accept being disputed, being misunderstood!

I accept to be called weird, for it is better to be weird in Jesus then to be weird in the world!

I am a LEADER, my vision is not blurred!

I see where I am going!

I am a LEADER!

Alvezido :-)