I Want To Be Like…
By Tracy Smith
“And you should imitate me, just as I
imitate Christ.”
1
Corinthians 11:1 (NLT)
This
past January, in Wednesday night youth group we watched a series of videos from
the I Am Second website. This website is full of 5-10 minutes videos
of people of faith sharing their journey and how living for God has changed
them. I was really enjoying these videos, so I decided to visit the site and
watch more videos at home. I found one by Major League baseball player Albert
Pujols. All I really knew about Albert Pujols was that he was a major reason
that my team, the Milwaukee Brewers, did not advance to the World Series in
2011! Despite that, I decided to watch his video and I’m so glad I did! [1]
He
spoke eloquently about his wife (then girlfriend) introducing him to Christ.
One of the things he mentions in the video is that his daughter has Down
Syndrome and he started a foundation to help families of kids with Down
Syndrome. I was intrigued enough by his testimony to visit his foundation
website. On the page with his testimony, Mr. Pujols says this, “I've
heard kids say they want to be just like me when they grow up. They should know
I want to be just like Jesus.” [2]
This was such a great reminder to me! We
should always be striving to be imitators of Christ. I love that Albert Pujols
says that kids who want to be like him should know that he is striving to be like Christ.
When people see me, do they see an imitator
of Christ?
GOING DEEPER:
1. Who are you imitating?
2. Is it
someone that is imitating Christ or do you need to reevaluate this?
FURTHER READING:
[1] Watch Albert Pujols’ “I Am Second”
testimony here: http://www.iamsecond.com/seconds/albert-pujols/
Along
with being a wife and mother to two boys, Tracy
is an administrative assistant at Oakwood, serves on the Women’s Ministry
Special Events Team and leads a great group of Junior High girls.
