The best version of yourself?
"Be the best version of yourself." There are so many of these trite sayings floating around these days. Though many of them sound wonderful, they're all houses of cards. It saddens me to think that countless people think they can build a life on these sayings when, in reality, they can't. Not really. Oh it may look and feel good. It may even last for a bit. But at the end of the day, any "best version" of ouselves we can muster on our own (translation - in the flesh) can never compare to the life that Jesus Christ gives us. Jesus comes to live in us not to make us a "better version" of ourselves - heaven forbid! No. Jesus comes to take over. Can you stand it? But what happens to me, you may ask. That's the beauty of it! As we surrender to Christ and allow Him full control in us, we not only become the best we can be, we become supernaturally equipped to face anything and anyone that comes our way. We do this in His all-powerful str