A Hero for Today

As I look in the Scriptures, I keep feeling myself drawn to them...the heroes, Peter, Paul, Timothy, Mary, and scores of others with one thing in common. What makes them heroes is not that they were giants of the faith... there's something more. It wasn't that they were perfect or had it all together. What makes them heores is that they were real and their love for God was real. They were real life people, with real life struggles, like you and me... yet they had an extraordinary love for God.

If there is something that our students need, it's real life heroes. They need to see that heroes are real people with real problems, but with an incredible love for God. The pages of the Scriptures are filled with heroes. Heroes who stood for what was right...what was godly. Heroes who had an intenese love for God. Yet, in the midst of the heroes of the New Testament, there stands other heroes, ones that will never be in the pages of the Scriptures, that one of those heroes is you. Your students may never tell you this, but believe me...you're a hero. So to all of you who are real with students, who love them unconditionally, who choose to be transparent with your life, who love God and are willing to share that love relationship with kids...believe that any other "hero" will get the applause of the angels... it will be you, because you are His hero.

- by Jim Burns