You think Jesus ever asked MJ how to Moonwalk???

When I was young Michelangelo from the Ninja Turtle fame was my hero. I mimicked his every move, and at a time I thought I was him. From the nunchucks to the pizza. I still like pizza by the way. As I grew up it moved on to Walter Payton and Deion Sanders. It was all innocent, it never got to the point where they took the place of God. There is nothing wrong with having a level of admiration for someone that you are fond of. Weather it be an athlete, singer, actor, teacher or astronaut its all healthy. The problem comes when we forget where those people we look up to got there gifts from in the first place. God blessed these people with the tools and the opportunities that turned them into the people that made us gain admiration for them. The glory has to go to God. Idolization of these people can be a dangerous thing. Our God is a merciful and loving God, but he is also a selfish God when it comes to sharing our attention. There is know room in our walk to place another near or above God in worship. We have to know when not to give these people we are fond of too much credit for things our Lord gave them. God can be jealous when it comes to our absolute attention, and to be frank he deserves all of our attention. I know moderation with people we look up to is hard in a celebrity driven society we live in, but as Christians we should not be driven by what the world is driven by. We are to be different, peculiar even. We are the example for others to see and know that something is different about us. That thing that they know is different about us that they cannot quite put their fingers on is God. God made the people we look up to the same as he made us. All of us have gifts, we all have aptitudes in different things. God made us just as he wants us, to serve him as he wants us to serve him. "Little children, keep yourselves from idols." 1 John 5:21 We are all great because we are all made in God's image. Stay thirsty my friends....