I was reading some post about this Rev. Ted Haggard and how he was involved in so many great things, and had positions of authority and respect, and then he has to resign because a “sexually immoral conduct.”
The idea that I wanted to discuss is who are the truly great people? How do you know when you have met an honest to goodness great person.
Though we can think of many aspect that define a great person; ethics, charity, love, integrity, there is one idea that I heard that really helps to narrow it down.
The difference between the not so great and the great is, that the more you get to know the not so great person the more dirt you find on them, on the other hand the more you get to know the truly great person the more you see things to give you proof of their greatness.
You might ask what if these homosexual accusations against Ted Haggard are false, can he go back to the truly great status?
I once heard a story of a community leader with incredible integrity and love who was asked to be a witness in a trial. He was not of the christian faith and would not swear on the bible. A poliece officer was called to give character witness about him and told the judge this story. The leaders home was broken into and as the thief was leaving the leader returned and tried to take his belongings away. The leader then began chasing the thief down the street yelling “I forgive you” .
The judge asked the police officer if this was really a true story? The officer replied “I can’t say for sure, but they don’t tell these stories about you or me.”
Ted Haggard may not be Gay, but he obviously was doing things that he shouldn’t be doing, and that was started the stories.
Find Truly Great People. Learn from them. Grow.
