Well, the Christmas rush is over. I'm not sure if I'm happy or not. How are you holding up? Two days after Christmas and I have no regrets..., no disappointments..., and an unusual motivation! I thought that Christmas break would end up being a time of lazying around doing nothing important. Thankfully I've gotten a lot of things done and in a sense I feel like I could conquer the world! Yes that's right.... SUPERWOMAN (maybe a more unique name though). It helps that we are coming on a new year, 2011! A new year, to think of new things, do new things, and the list goes on... Thinking about being superheros, lets describe what they are like:
- They are not recognized for the good things they do as superheros when they are "every day people"
- They can do anything-except for occasional weaknesses
- They want to help others and realize they can use their superhuman powers to do so
- They are clothed differently than everyone else
- They never die in the movies and comics (as far as I know)
- We have no need for recognition on Earth, even if we are persecuted for helping others (Matthew 5:12- "Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.")
We can do everything with the power of the Holy Spirit (Phillipians 4:13- "I can do all things through Christ who strenghthens me.")- We have a longing to help others and are called to also; remember the Golden Rule? (Matthew 7:12- "So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets." Matthew 25:40- " “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ ")
- God has specially clothed us as Christians and children of the King (Isaiah 61:10- "I delight greatly in the LORD; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels."
- Finally, with a solid faith in Jesus Christ, you and I will never die, but live forever with God the Father. (John 3:16- "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.")
Ok so there you have it. As a Christian, we are superheros. I can conquer the world (ok maybe only make a dent) with God. He is the reason we can be like this, he is the ultimate superhero (all of us have flaws)! Ok, so as the new year comes, grab your cape with me and jump off some buildings (figuratively speaking; take some risks) for Christ!
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