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It may sound like a silly question, but I often struggle with exactly what it means to be “Christlike.”  Sure, it sounds simple enough–to “be like Christ.”  But, how could a mere human ever come close to achieving such an ideal?  I’ve heard people described as “Christlike,” and many times I’ve heard acts of kindness described similarly.  Still, such a phrase seems so far beyond my reach that I honestly cannot conceive it.  Frankly, I’m often more concerned with “self” than I am with other people.  How I look and how I’m thought of by other people matters to me way more than it should to someone who confesses Christ as Lord.  I often wonder how a man who gets upset when a traffic light suddenly turns red could ever be used by the God who made everything that ever was.  Christlike?  Hardly!  And just then, just when I realize I’m a pathetic sinner, sometimes the brokeness God has brought upon me actually does make me useful.  Finally, my eyes are less on me and more on Him.  Finally, I can see the hurt around me.  Finally, if only for a moment, I become a man even God could use!

“For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.” 1 Peter 2:25

In Christ,

PastorJimKilby @Kilbin8er Jim@JamesKilby.com

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