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Reality check. How do we look at ourselves?

04 Feb 2010, by RupZip

Radio comic Garrison Keiller has told the joke hundreds of times about the fictional town of Lake Wobegon, ?where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average.?

We might laugh about it, but deep down, in our own fictional towns, we actually think it?s true. Our children never deserve a C, our driving is better than every other driver, and we are simply smarter than everyone else out there.

 Honestly, most of us think we are pretty special in school, in our neighborhood and in our social circles.

Romans 12.3 says this. ?...Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you."

Do we need a reality check?

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