For your consideration…

I’m pretty good. I’m better than most.

A bold statement, indeed. Let me draw the comparison, or establish a baseline to bolster my point.

Who am I better than? Or, who are the “most” that can’t quite reach my level of piety? As you may know, I heart lists.

• Crack addicts- or for that matter, anyone that needs to put something, chemical or otherwise and not prescribed by a physician, into their body in order to simply “function”
• The religious- anyone that needs to identify themselves with something bigger than themselves as justification for their existence
• The irreligious- anyone that needs to distance themselves far from anything that might appear religious in order to not offend
• Rich- anyone that bases their existence on what they own or what they have the potential to own
• Poor- anyone that can’t afford stuff
• Politicians- pond scum has more to it.
• Pond scum- see above
• Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera…

I take it by your silence that you agree with me. Welcome to the “Better Than” club! Naturally since I founded it, I’m better than you. What’s fair is fair.

What’s that? OH- you don’t agree. That’s fine- you just made it obvious that I’m better than you. Thanks for making it easy.

Satire. Hope you got that.

• My doctor didn’t tell me take a protien supplement every morning. Although I’m certain they wouldn’t be opposed to it, I take it to “function”. Everyday.
• I go into a church more than once a week.
• I can’t stand being called religious. When the accusatory statement is made, I retort that I’m in a relationship not a religion.
• I have more money and possessions than at least 90% of the nearly 8 billion people on this planet.
• I don’t have an HD TV.
• Pond scum doesn’t think its better than anyone. It knows it’s pond scum. Pond scum gets it.

So there’s this Jesus guy. And he says things like “there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last” and “The greatest among you will be your servant.”*

And He doesn’t stop there. He says that this is The Way. As in, if you are- if I am- going to associate myself with Christ I must live this way.

I’m no greater than anyone.

But it’s more than that. It’s not for that purpose. Am I humbling myself for Him? Or for you?

*Cited: Luke 13:30 and Matthew 23:11, respectively.