The Ultimate Hero

When the word hero is said, many think of  famous fictional characters with superpowers. Yet when you look up the word hero the definition is nothing like that at all. I believe that Jesus Christ is the ultimate hero. When the world was dark and full of hatred he came to the rescue. He paid the price for our sins and gave his life for us. He went through the most excrutiatingly painful death so that we, sinners, could be forgiven. He had more bravery than I could even imagine. The way he lived his life here on earth was heroic. He showed care and compassion to the outcasts, the beggars and even the cheaters and liars. That takes a true hero to care about every single person every day. He is the one true hero because he did not have one bit of pride or arrogance about anything he did or accomplished. I know I cannot ever even come close to being the hero Jesus was, but I can get closer and closer every day when he is my example.