Be a "Real" Leader

The reason this is entitled be a "real" leader is because leaders have to be willing to confront. If you are not willing to confront you are not a real leader. I have been challenged by this in the reading of Nehemiah. His confrontation skills was one of the reasons he was such a great leader. There was one point that he found an official who had made a room for himself in the temple and he went in and threw all his furniture outside. Nehemiah also confronted "The Nobles" that's not like confronting a second grader this is confronting someone with great respect and authority.
In chapter 13 Nehemiah hears that some men had married foreign women. He goes and puts the beats on them and pulls out their hair! I was reading that and thought "wow that is pretty extreme." That would not be easy for me. I will admit since this is my blog that I struggle with confronting, but I realize that it is necessary. The neat thing is as you read on you see that Nehemiah didn't confront people b/c that's what he enjoyed doing but ultimately because he loved God and loved the people he confronted. He told them how Solomon a good king was taken away by his wives. He did not want Israel to go down that road again, but wanted them to be a light to the other generations.
Paul tells Timothy in a letter that it is necessary to confront, but it should always be done out of love.