Sunday, June 6, 1999
Sunday, June 6, 1999 |
You're a graduate. Congratulations! You have accomplished much. You have finished well. You have reached a truly significant moment in your life. You're beginning a new chapter. You're entering a new world. As you enter this new chapter, this new world, ask yourself the important question: How will you judge yourself? How will others judge you? A song written by Mark Harris, Don Koch and Stephanie Lewis and arranged by Dennis Allen might help you tremendously right now. It's entitled “The Measure of a Man.” “Man”, of course, is “humankind,” male or female. The song lays out the various standards and measures that people use to judge and rate themselves and others. It reveals the falsehood that we're only worth what we own or how we look. Sure, it's okay to want to be your best on the outside, but the TRUTH is that God looks at what is on the inside of a person. And that is the real “measure of a man,” the real “measure of a graduate.” With a wonderfully engaging contemporary tune and beat the words of this song say it all: The Measure of a Man 1. This world can alalyze and size you up and throw you on the scales. They can I.Q. you and run you through their rigorous details. They can do their best to rate you and they'll place you on their charts And then back it up with scientific smarts. But there's more to what you're worth than what their human eyes can see. (Chorus:) Oh I say the measure of a man is not how tall you stand, how wealthy or intelligent you are. `Cause I found out the measure of a man — God knows and understands for He looks inside to the bottom of your heart, and what's in the heart defines the measure of a man. 2. Well you can doubt your worth and search for who you are and where you stand. But God made you in His image when He formed you in His hands. And He looks at you with mercy and He sees you through His love. You're His child and that will always be enough. For there's more to what you're worth than you could ever comprehend. 3. You can spend your life pursuing physical perfection. There is so much more, more than ever meets the eye. For God looks through the surface And He defines your worth by what is on the inside. [Kollmeyer is senior pastor at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church on Ga. Highway 314 in Fayetteville.]^ùÿýâ¢ð
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