Here is the latest installment in my series about being a A Superhero for My Son.
Every super-hero has a bad guy, a nemesis or an adversary. It seems that the stronger the good that there is equivocally an evil entity. DC Comics’ character Batman ™ has a plethora of antagonists. One of the most infamous of them is called the Joker ™ . My arch-villain is closer to a Superman villain named Bizarro. This character was a distorted image of the Man of Steel ™ from an alternate universe. I am my own worse enemy. My struggle is to fight the dark side of my own personality.
The dark side is appealing. It is comfortable. There are more people on the dark side. Trying to find the good is harder every day. Trying to take the high road and just do the right thing sounds easier than it is to do. An evening call from a telemarketer will make a usually honest person lie. A spouse that you have vowed to love, honor and cherish can get on your last nerve. Family and church members can be some of the nastiest, laziest, and most trifling people in your life. There are some nice people on the dark side. The bum on the street corner will share with you a swig of his brown bag covered beverage without inquiring about your financial or social status, or voting record. Sex is easier to get now than a ham and cheese sandwich. Folks are just giving it away.
The battle to maintain your integrity and core values is not reinforced by any medium, few friends nor family. It is easier to get a divorce than to fix your credit. There is no applause when you turn down the advances of a young woman that drops her cell phone number in your lap. There is no ticker tape parade for you putting up crap at work or successfully escaping real life desperate housewives or invitations by brothers on the down low. It’s not all sex, sometimes its financial, sometimes its food. It is so easy to eat a quart of ice cream, super-size your fast food and not work out. It is easy to just sit in front of the big screen high definition television and lose your definition. As your waist line grows, so does your resolve.
Our heroes fall every day. People held in high esteem fall prey to their own predilection for vice.
So how does a super hero survive? A super-hero survives by remembering that he is not alone. His actions, your actions perhaps affect others. Someone is counting on you. Someone believes in you. You might not even know them or they may be your very own child if no one else. To be that person for that person you must do nothing you have to hide. Nothing today can be truly hidden. Computer forensics can uncover all your internet activity. Private investigators, good ones and wanna-bees can discover your entire past. No one can keep a secret. You will sleep better when you have no secrets to protect. Keep it simple stupid (KISS). The world which is growing darker everyday will not oppose your activity unless you seek to be different. You will get no fanfare, just do the right thing. To be a super hero for my son, I have to first conquer myself. I have to man up and not do everything I can do legally, mentally and physically. And most of the time that requires supernatural effort.
Every super-hero has a bad guy, a nemesis or an adversary. It seems that the stronger the good that there is equivocally an evil entity. DC Comics’ character Batman ™ has a plethora of antagonists. One of the most infamous of them is called the Joker ™ . My arch-villain is closer to a Superman villain named Bizarro. This character was a distorted image of the Man of Steel ™ from an alternate universe. I am my own worse enemy. My struggle is to fight the dark side of my own personality.
The dark side is appealing. It is comfortable. There are more people on the dark side. Trying to find the good is harder every day. Trying to take the high road and just do the right thing sounds easier than it is to do. An evening call from a telemarketer will make a usually honest person lie. A spouse that you have vowed to love, honor and cherish can get on your last nerve. Family and church members can be some of the nastiest, laziest, and most trifling people in your life. There are some nice people on the dark side. The bum on the street corner will share with you a swig of his brown bag covered beverage without inquiring about your financial or social status, or voting record. Sex is easier to get now than a ham and cheese sandwich. Folks are just giving it away.
The battle to maintain your integrity and core values is not reinforced by any medium, few friends nor family. It is easier to get a divorce than to fix your credit. There is no applause when you turn down the advances of a young woman that drops her cell phone number in your lap. There is no ticker tape parade for you putting up crap at work or successfully escaping real life desperate housewives or invitations by brothers on the down low. It’s not all sex, sometimes its financial, sometimes its food. It is so easy to eat a quart of ice cream, super-size your fast food and not work out. It is easy to just sit in front of the big screen high definition television and lose your definition. As your waist line grows, so does your resolve.
Our heroes fall every day. People held in high esteem fall prey to their own predilection for vice.
But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.- James 1:14 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
So how does a super hero survive? A super-hero survives by remembering that he is not alone. His actions, your actions perhaps affect others. Someone is counting on you. Someone believes in you. You might not even know them or they may be your very own child if no one else. To be that person for that person you must do nothing you have to hide. Nothing today can be truly hidden. Computer forensics can uncover all your internet activity. Private investigators, good ones and wanna-bees can discover your entire past. No one can keep a secret. You will sleep better when you have no secrets to protect. Keep it simple stupid (KISS). The world which is growing darker everyday will not oppose your activity unless you seek to be different. You will get no fanfare, just do the right thing. To be a super hero for my son, I have to first conquer myself. I have to man up and not do everything I can do legally, mentally and physically. And most of the time that requires supernatural effort.
in all things show yourself to be an example of good deeds, with purity in doctrine, dignified, …-Titus 2:7 NASB
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