the law of servanthood.ives you instructions. the only person between you and your future is the person you serve. the person you serve controls your future. do you remember when eleazar, the steward over the wealth of abraham, was searching for a wife for isaac. abraham didn't trust his son to discern the right woman for wealth. and so he sent his son, or his servant, remember, to look for his wife of isaac. and he put a little criteria there. anything good, should be earned. qualify. and so he said, "god of abraham, my master, i want to know the woman that qualifies for the wealth of abraham and isaac. let her, not only offer me water, but let her be willing to spend six or seven hours here, watering my camels." >> ossie: qualify her. >> she qualified through servanthood. boaz said to ruth, "everybody's discussing you. they say that you treat your mother-in-law seven times, better than seven sons would treat their mother." it is remarkable to find a woman who treats another woman good. you almost create a

ego, narcissism, raw ambition replaced the notion of selfless servanthood. elected offices go to brazen, driven, self fueled megalow maniacs. george washington had to be begged into service as president and refused to make it a lifetime career. washington would never make the first cut of a modern day primary that requires one to have what i call elijah syndrome, saying i'm the only one god has left. what we don't see enough of is the jesus model, the let this cup pass from me, but not my will but yours be done. today's political figures are often just that. figures. as in action figures, artificial miniatures of the real thing. shame and capacity to display the shame that we have is not a bad thing, in fact it is like humility. it is a good thing. it reveals that we in fact know the difference between right and wrong and we're utterly disgusted with ourselves when we fail. where there is no shame, all that's left is fame, and that is a sorry substitute for character. [ applause ] this week we found out that the obama care provision that puts a cap on annual