Who is your measuring stick?

2-25-2024

Who is your measuring stick?

When you get up in the mornings who do you compare yourself to? I mean against whom do you fail to measure up to? Don’t give me that “I don’t have one” look, of course you do – everyone does.

It’s either someone who has what you don’t or someone who has achieved what you can’t. There is a saying “Whose who can – Do” Everyone else just talks about doing it better.

So back to the question, who is your standard bearer? Who do you most admire – today, right now, this very moment?

Who do you feel has “made it” and you want to be just like them when you grow up?

Look at your favorite idols – movie stars, singers, movers and shakers, who do you most admire or better yet, who do you lust after?

There are people who have done more, raised their kids better, have a great taste in women or men, have bigger, better or more big boy toys or unlimited bank accounts and investments that make my head spin.

The one person I admire most in the whole wide world was a carpenter with no home to speak of, no earthly treasures, no storage of food or an abundance of friends to draw from when times were tough.

He has a father that loves him with all of his heart. A father that provides his every need. A father who tells him what to say and do. A father who has no favorites in all creation. A father who loves all of his creation exactly the same.

The person I want to be like when I grow up is Jesus. He loved me so much that he sacrificed himself to make a way for me to stand before the Father completely blameless and free from my sins because he paid the ultimate price – death, that I could have life.

So who is yours? – RTM