When I was in school, I was an honor student. Before you take that as a boast, understand that I'm not trying to brag. This is about bumper stickers. I used to get jealous of my friends whose parents would put the bumper stickers on their car: "Proud Parent of an Honor Student at Buena Terra Elementary School".
My parents were all about achievement. I found at a young age that the way to get affection or affirmation from my parents was to get all A's (definitely no A-'s), win awards, and be constantly outperforming my peers.
So as any attention seeking child would, that's what I did.
But the buck stopped at the ceremony.
It seemed they were never fully in it: they would often leave after my name was called, and darn it they would never put those bumper stickers on their cars.
I'm (mostly) an adult now and I totally get the bumper sticker thing because they get all stuck to your car and what if you want to sell it...
Last week I cleaned out my box from school. I found all those certificates and awards and I realized I had no use for them. I threw them away. What good are my past accomplishments today anyway?
For that matter what good are my present or future accomplishments unless they bring glory to God??
John 3:21 But he who practices truth, who does what is right, comes out into the Light so that his works may be plainly shown to be what they are - wrought with God, divinely prompted, done with God's help, in dependence upon Him.
I wonder what God would post on Facebook when his children do amazing things. I know for a fact that he uses every last bumper sticker we get.
My goal should not be to achieve. It should be to glorify, to make angels cheer, to get as many bumper stickers on Daddy's car as possible, not as an honor student, but as an honorable one.
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