NICK BAINES, Bishop of Croydon, always seems to hit the nail bang on the head for me:
It is this ‘being human’ stuff that’s bothering me during my ‘reflective’ time. Take a couple of examples:
* Obama makes his first State of the Union address amid the opprobrium of those who know they could do his job better. Critics – some of whom have done nothing for the ‘common good’ other than take other people apart – scream how disappointed they are in him, how all the hopes of a year ago have been dashed.
One year. In the context of eternity that is not… er … a long time. People make unrealistic demands of leaders, then pull them down when they fail in one or two areas. Some of the hopes put into Obama were stupidly unrealistic and he was bound to disappoint before he even started.
The whole post is worth a thorough read
