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Be the Hero

"Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins."
James 4:17
I don't know about you, but for me, that sounds like a call to action. This is so much more than your parents asking you to make your bed or your boss asking you to take out the trash.

This is an opportunity to open our eyes to a world of need that exists beyond our finely crafted bubbles. Have you ever been in a dark room when someone suddenly turns on a light? That may be the uncomfortable feeling you get here when you see what has been hiding in the dark. You may find yourself rubbing your eyes and needing to take a second look at what you see. But once you have seen, will what you see impact your heart?

Compassion takes courage. Courage to do the right thing for the right reason. So what do you have the courage to do? Hopefully it's more than killing the spiders when the women in your life call for help.

Being a hero is much more than putting on spandex and flying around the world. Although that sounds like fun too. When we care about people, and do something to help them, we are being their hero. Perhaps Aunt Mae was correct, there is a hero in all of us. She was talking to Peter Parker of Spider-man fame, but she's talking to all of us.

It's a challenge to do something for someone. It's a call to preach the good news to the poor. It's our turn to proclaim freedom for prisoners. It's our chance to recover sight for the blind. We can release the oppressed. We can tell the world that God loves them.

If that sounds familiar at all, it's because that's exactly what Jesus said He came to do. (Luke 4:18-19)

You can do it. Be the hero.

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