"He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God."
(Micah 6:8, ESV)
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I love movies with good guys and bad guys. I like it most when a character who appears to be a bad guy makes the choice to do the right thing. Why? Because I'm not such a good guy myself; it gives me hope to see a baddie do good.
Like most things, doing good is not complicated; it's just hard. We (and I'm talking to men now) need to act justly; we need to show mercy; and we need to live our lives humbly. Why? Because it's right.
I was watching a movie on Netflix this morning. It was a martial arts movie. Like westerns, martial arts movies often have characters who live by a code of honor. They are willing to make great personal sacrifices to protect their honor. This kind of person seems, sadly, missing in our society today. Where are the John Waynes of our time? Who's willing to don the white hats? Where are the men and women of integrity, those willing to live justly, mercifully, humbly?
I don't know where the heroes are today; I mean the real heroes. I do know that we need real heroes today. I know that I want to be a hero -- to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with my God.
That's it.
I believe there are many true heroes out among us today.They work in the school down the street, the gas station on the corner, the foster parents next door. However unlike our movie heroes the don't have huge muscles and they can't take out 4 men with knifes with their bare fists. They do things like teaching the neighbor kid to read for free or helping a senior by driving her for groceries once a week.The humble don't seek attention or public praise. They walk among usually unknown by the general public, but well known by the people whose lives they impact. Keep positive Big Bill, Your friend always- Big Jon Bellino
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