We Are What We Love

Where do kids get their quirks and mannerisms?  Some of it is obviously written into their DNA which accounts for the fact that vastly different kids can come from the same parents.  The rest...I have to believe is learned behavior.  You've heard it before, "He/She is a chip off the old block!"  In my neck of the woods I usually hear that phrase when my kids have mirrored one of my negative characteristics.

Can that phrase be turned around and used positively?  Let me put it like Colton, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."  Colton is saying essentially, we act like the person we want to be.  Go to any little league field or hang out in a middle school hallway.  Kids act like their favorite sports figures and celebrities, all to often imitating their stupidity.  We become what we idolize! Come to think of it, isn't idolatry a form of worship?

What about our relationship with Christ?  While loving Christ cannot be categorized as idolatry, can imitating Christ be considered worship?  I think yes and I think it goes beyond consideration.  Let me rephrase Colton, Imitating Christ is the highest form of worship!  We are what we love!