Setting the Example

Thanks to several friends pushing me to continue to write on my blog, I figured I should try to post again ;)

Well, I suppose there is no time like the present to say what I've been thinking about lately. It seems like this last year I have heard so many teenagers saying that they need to put the younger class-man in their place. In other words, they treat the kids that are just entering high school like garbage and say that they can get away with doing it because they are older. This has never once made sense to me being that I've always been taught to have respect for other people. Yes in my mind I do see those that are younger than me as immature, that's kind of a given, but I don't make myself so high and mighty because of it.

I got to thinking about this because I am now helping with 5th and 6th graders at my church. It's weird because they are not little kids that you can baby, nor are they teens/young adults (I personally think it's an awkward age). Anyways, I found how easy it was to see them as very much immature and constantly trying to get our attention by showing off and such. It would be simple enough to look down on them because of their behavior.

When you look at the big picture, the reality is that looking down on others doesn't just apply when your in high school, or taking care of kids, it apply s to a daily life as a adult.

The people that look down on lower class men, when they grow up to be a adult they don't just stop being mean - they just take it to the next level! Suddenly they look down on those that are a title below them at work, or those who aren't as skilled as them in something. It is really a major issue.

The answer though to this problem, regardless of whether you look down on others or is the one being looked down on, is this simple verse:

Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.

~1 Timothy 4:12

It's important to, regardless of your situation, set an example for others constantly. If you feel like there are a bunch of immature pesky kids around you, rather than telling them they are less than worthy, show them how to act in a Godly way. Not to raise above them, but to shine Gods light. That in itself is going to bring others to you and you'll find that they will look up to you.

If your the one feeling like your not 'good enough' because you are younger, then don't react in a negative way to those putting you down, but rather pray for those people and act in a way that you know is pleasing to God.

Mastering these skills will only continue to help you as you get older and continue to find these situations in the work place and other environments.

I know it's something that I need to keep an eye on for myself that I don't begin to look down on others, as well as not getting mad when I feel like someone is saying that I am dumb in comparison.

I guess that is all for now

Have a blessed day,

Adriana