Covenant Of Hope Ministries: An Outside the Box Consideration

Attributes of the perfect person: What would you want in the perfect person? Would you want them to be human? If so, what characteristics are important to you? Here are just a few that would be nice to see, at least in the eyes of some. What do you think? Could there be a way to found a group that shares all of this? There are many who thought so, not just here in America, but all over this world throughout history. Otherwise this world would be in even more chaos than it already is. There are times when our humanity shines, and times when inhumanity rules. Let’s find it within ourselves to find that which makes us human, and keeps us that way.

Be Human – be willing to admit to not being perfect and be able to face up to whenever you are wrong and admit it.

Honesty – absolutely vital to be honest not only with voters but with their self as well as other compatriots.

Faith – it doesn’t matter which walk of faith, just to have faith is enough.

Understanding – you have to be willing to see from all perspectives, at all levels.

Humor – laugh at your mistakes, admit them, and don’t be morose or cynical over things.

Ethics – business, legal and spiritual

Morals – business, legal and spiritual, and yes there is a difference.

Education – important but not necessarily requiring prestige or perfection. Study and know what you’re talking about, getting into and so on.

Enthusiastic – be able to show that you have the energy to prove your point, and to fight for the best causes.

Objectivity – have this in order to ensure that you can see all angles before pursuing anything. When you do, you’ll find solutions that benefit far more than they would bring harm.

Judgment – only when you have explored all potential to discern fact from fiction reality from imagination can you see truth.

Patience – something we all need. Have patience through every description, every downfall, and every achievement. The results make this worthwhile.

Perseverance – just because you don’t achieve a goal the first time doesn’t mean it can’t be done. Strive for goals, and find ways to solve the reason you can’t reach them.

Reason – use reason in the pursuit of everything.

Prudence – be careful in how, when, why, where, and even what you would pursue.

Decisive – listen to all sides, but make your own educated decision on anything and everything.

Willing – be willing to say no, and to explore the potential of everything, even if it looks impossible.

Risk – don’t argue with the fact that there might be risk involved in every decision you must make.

Prepare – even for the impossible things we must be prepared, because there are times you never know.

Open Minded – when debating on the best results for whatever topic is on the hot seat, you must be open minded to ideas, theories, and thoughts of all descriptions.

Trust – this is absolutely vital to hold onto. Once you have broken the trust of just one, it makes every step that much more difficult.

Ambition – should not be the first reason you pursue a life that will put you in the crosshairs as often as not.

Real – you have to be real, be genuine, in every discussion, every letter, every point of view.

Rational – never make claims you can’t substantiate and never, ever, make promises you know you can’t keep.

Promise – to be true to who you are, what you believe, how you pursue things, and everything else. Never, ever make a promise you don’t intend to keep, or cannot keep.

Un-Political – don’t play politics, in other words, don’t paint yourself in the typical and proverbial corner with things you alone cannot either change, control, or pursue for any or all reasons. In a government for the people, of the people, and by the people, there are no favorites and should never have been. In the times of Jesus, the ideal was relayed in Matthew 22:21 KJV – They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.

Be Active in Listening AND Hearing – you can’t have one or the other, both are absolute necessities and both must be actively pursued at all times.

Take Action – at the first moment you realize some action is needed, no matter the reason, or the situation, take action, but do so using rational understanding, wisdom, knowledge and more.

Don’t Make Enemies Out of Friends – the last thing anyone wants to do is make an enemy of someone you consider a friend. One to follow that up, don’t always believe your enemies will be willing to be your friend and sit at the same table to make peace.
Matthew 5:44 KJV – But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

This one is one of the hardest ideals. It is such because all of us have had enemies of one sort or another. All of us have held a grudge in our lifetimes, and others have done the same toward us. There are many who would persecute us, no matter what. This is not an easy ideal, and that’s yet another thing even I have struggled with, but forgiveness can come with time. It doesn’t mean you have to forget, just forgive. Most of us who have been wronged in some way have had a terrible time just forgiving, much less forgetting.

Promote Peace – the only way to have peace is to give peace, this is one of the single toughest lessons to learn and remember.

Always believe a spoonful of sugar will help the medicine go down. Even when it is you who must take that medicine.
Galatians 5:22-23 KJV – But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, faith,

Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Sympathy and Empathy – share both for any situations that require them. Without them you will fail in portraying honesty, faith, understanding and more.

Humility – show this at all times, because you know you can’t always be right and you can’t always be wrong. Be willing to admit to both, but remember, don’t become conceited in anything you realize was a right decision.
Proverbs 15:33 KJV – The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

Idealistic – be idealistic within a realistic boundary. Yes, I realize that doesn’t make any sense, but if you don’t have idealistic views, you will only see negatives in place of positives.

Positive – this is an absolute must, you must do what you can to think positively and know when to say when. Negativity benefits no one.

Finding the right person is something that is never easy. As we know, lawmakers have their opinions, and often we’ll see the results of bad opinions or bad steps taken. The Bible shares this in a segment of Scripture, it has been transformed into song and carries an intrinsic, fundamental truth within it. Look beyond these words and you would see what the perfect choice could be.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 KJV - To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

The question is, can any who are seen today fit this ideal? The answer should be one that takes into account the original ideals of this country, a government of the people, by the people and for the people. There is strength in the word people, because it doesn’t say corporations, money, power, greed, etc. This is something that all governing bodies should embrace, and yet, war seems to be all they can manage.

I know that, under most circumstances, I am the last person to bring up an idea that should, could, or would have implications across the board. I also know I’m not the person described in the above defining attributes. Although I can pursue every one of those attributes, I do not believe others would find it a credible consideration, if that makes an iota of sense. Is there anyone that fits the ideals of those definitions above? I can’t say whether there would or would not be, because, though I have seen some very good people in my lifetime, I could not picture them in such a position as this describes. Do we need to be, or to know someone with these attributes and more besides if we are going to get back to what this country was meant to be? I believe the answer to that is yes. Now, that’s something out of the box to think about.

Rev. Laura A. Neff

The Rainbow Minister

Covenant of Hope Ministries

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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

An Outside the Box Consideration

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