Wanting to be more than I am...

As I am having this conversation with myself about the people I surround myself with I hear my mother saying for the millionth time "If your friend told you to jump off a cliff would you do it?" It's not very often that I will give my mother the credit for being right, but she always was in this area. My attitude and my behavior truly are reflected from my surroundings and the people that I spend time with. The last couple of weeks I have been struggling with my bad attitude and not knowing where to start to change it. I think one of the most significant things that I can do is spend time with people that are full of joy. True joy. The joy that can only come from the hope that there is more to this life than living and dying. I want to be joyful. I want to live a life of character. As Sara Groves sings, "When the saints go marching in I want to be one of them". I want to be more than me. I want to strive daily to be more. I want to posses the wisdom that is written of in James 3:17, "Wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere."

I want to be more....

like Him.