I am irritated by people who, despite Galileo, Copernicus & Newton - believe that they are the center of the universe.

Some time back I was having a good time while facilitating a 'group' of irascible teens who were parodying the Army's then current, "Be all that you can be..." recruitment slogan.

Since that was their mood when coming into the 'group' that day, I met them where they were and we used that as a springboard.

"If the Army isn't your 'diving board' into life, what do you propose would fit you better?" I asked. Lots of animated conversation then ensued with visions of rock stardom and professional sports and even a couple of future legal-eagles thrown in.

Accompanying the projected grandeur of their dreams was more than a dollop of swagger.

"Where did you learn that - thing?" I asked one guy while making motions to exaggerate his affect. Everyone laughed.

"That's (rock star name withheld)..."

"Oh." I responded, "How humble."

They then proceeded to inform me as to how rock stars don't have to be humble.

The conversation gradually shifted to the despicable personality quirks and traits of those victimizers they had known...one trait seem consistent. Victimizers seemed to them to be rude and arrogant in their abusiveness.

I asked them who was perhaps the most opposite of (the rock star they had previously named). They eventually decided that, of anyone they had heard of, it probably was Mother Teresa.   

If we are called Christian, then we are called to come into the image of Jesus.

We are called to service.

We are called to make things better.

We are called to humility.

How's your calling coming? What 'diving board' are you using to live life to the fullest? Is Jesus there?