TRUE HEROES
Today's reading: Psalms 15-17

"The godly people in the land are my true heroes! I take pleasure in them!" Psalm 16:3 NLT

A hero, according to Merriam Webster, is a mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or abilities; an illustrious warrior; a man admired for his achievements and great qualities; one who shows great courage.

Who will my young son idolize? Whose life will he want to imitate? Who will encourage him to achieve, to aspire, to dream?

Will it be the multi-million dollar paid basketball player fathering illegitamate children?

Might it be the drunken rock star who appears on the covers of several magazines?

Could it be Zeus, Apollos, Spiderman or a number of other fabled and fictitious superheroes?

Will his hero be the-take-him-to-church-each-Sunday Dad?

His godly Papa?

The zealous preacher whose voice he hears booming from the pulpit?

The telephone repairman who hurredly washes up after work each Wednesday night, gulps down dinner and rushes to church in order to listen as he recites his memory verses for the week?

The older gentleman who makes the effort to buy his eggs each week and find him before or after the service--just to chat?

The youth pastor who never fails to remember his name?

The godly are the least likely to be publicized, yet their influence is in heroic proportion to anything the world might offer.

Are you being a super-hero in anyone's life?