By acgates101

Have you ever dreamed of being a hero? How awesome it would be to wake up one day and find out that you have superpowers and a cool costume! You could save the lives of thousands of people, put all the bad guys in jail, and have a cool superhero name. However, you would be living a life full of secrecy and lies. Sure, your superhero life would be great, but no one would know who you really are. Remember, you wear a mask, so people don’t know who you are. You lie to everyone about your identity, and you can’t be a hero if you lie.

superhero But what if I told you of a way to be hero without hiding yourself from others and lying? Would you take up my offer?

When I was about 10 years old, my cousin and I would play make-believe. We would pretend we were superheroes and think of different situations to act out. One time we were playing Power Rangers and were on a quest to destroy the bad guys. We got on my cousin’s trampoline and jumped around, doing flips and all different kinds of kicks, pretending to beat up the enemy. We got on our bikes and used them as motorcycles to chase after the villains. When we finally did catch up to the imaginary bad guys, we were surrounded and had no way out. Yet somehow we worked together, beat the enemy, and saved the world. One of us ended up dying a pretend death, but that’s what it took to save the world.

Now that I am a little older, I still wish I could be a hero and save the world. (Who doesn’t?) However, I know that tights, capes, and superpowers are only real in comic books. Yet I still try to be a hero every day. You can be a hero too! Here’s what I mean: If a kid at school is all by themselves, walk up and keep the person company. If you see that an elderly person needs help with groceries or some other tedious task, help them out. Maybe you have toys at home that you don’t play with anymore. Give them to a kid who is less fortunate and doesn’t have toys. You may not be saving the entire world by doing this, but you may save someone from a bad day. Or maybe someone is sad and you’ll get them to smile. Little acts like these can make you a hero in our everyday world.

My cousin and I imitated our favorite superheroes all the time. We tried to act like them and talk like them; we pretty much tried to be them. Well, that is how we should be with the greatest superhero of all time—Jesus. Jesus came to this earth and healed people of diseases, brought someone back to life, walked on water, took evil spirits out of some, made people feel like they belonged, and yes—Jesus did save the world by dying for us all. Maybe you can’t walk on water or bring the dead back to life, but you can make people feel like they belong by showing love and sympathy.

We should all try to be more like Jesus, the greatest superhero of all time.

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How to Be a Hero

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