Integrity at the heart of Governance

Friends,

I had originally intended to have the title as "Integrity at the heart of Politics". But because of the manner in which politics is carried out in different parts of the world and the negative impression it has created in the minds of people, I decided to drop that title, for to some such a title might sound as paradoxical as "Sun at the heart of a black hole".

It has been surprising, shocking, disheartening, and above all, painful to read about the recent corruption scandals involving several U.S. lawmakers and political lobbyists. Even though there are lawmakers from both the parties who have been involved in the corrupt dealings, the sad (to me) fact is that more Republicans than Democrats have tainted themselves with the filthy lucre. Some of these tainted lawmakers have a very good conservative view on several other moral issues. This raises the question in my mind, "Why have those who have very good conservative views and are bold enough to put themselves in battle array against the marauding forces of wicked moral liberalism succumbed to the allures of money and wealth??". The answer points to something at the core of the human nature. We humans do not have a well-built inherent defense against pride and the allure of power (snares of the devil). A gentleman once mentioned that one of the big reasons why God sometimes doesn't do mighty things through many of us is the pride that will grip us and our inability to deal with the "power" element.

Aren't we who know the Lord duty-bound to pray for our lawmakers that those who boldly take the name of Jesus to stand up against the evil forces of moral liberalism may also be, by His Grace, equipped with very high standards of wholesome integrity??

Bye for now!

- Wes