Build Character

Psalm34:11-15    

“Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.”

During childhood and adolescence our character traits are primarily molded by parents, grandparents, teachers and sometimes fictional heroes. 

As adults, our character traits are influenced by people we trust and admire. The problem is -- human character is ever-changing.

Humans are amphibians, half spirit and half animal. As spirits, we belong to the eternal world, and as animals we inhabit time. While our spirits can be directed to an eternal object, our bodies, passions and imaginations are in continual change, for to be in time means to change.  

(The Screwtape Letters: C.S. Lewis)

Over the past months examples of human character (mental and moral qualities distinctive to individuals,) remain on full review over various forms of media. It is sad to see and hear.

“Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies." Psalm 34:12-14

Our heavenly Father has a goal for our lives, and that is to conform us to the image of His Son Jesus Christ. Recognizing that we live in a dimension of time and change, we must continually build and remodel our character. As followers of Jesus, we want to leave a successful blueprint for others to follow: “Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.” I Corinthians 11:1

We are heaven-bound where at last our true selves will be known! God’s love and unchanging character abides there forever.