You Think You’re Better

Than Me?

Are you always comparing yourself to others? It’s a common human pastime—to compare. This past month you’ve been looking at everyone’s Christmas cards and Christmas photos online and you’ve wondered— who is having a better life? Whose vacation was better? Whose family looks better? Right now as you read this article, someone is looking at your online pics (it’s not me) and comparing their life to yours.

“Do you think you’re better than me?” We compare ourselves to others based on appearance (most common), possessions (clothes, cars, house), career, children, color of skin—you name it. We like to compare, hoping to conclude, “I am better than that person.” God tells us that we are all equal in his eyes—no one is better than anyone else: “There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:28). The big equalizer is “in Christ Jesus.” As Christians, we recognize that we are all equally sinful, regardless of circumstances. And, we are all equally saved by Jesus Christ—equally forgiven, equally loved, equally gifted with eternal life. No one is better than you. And you are not better than anyone else.

God’s love comes to all of us equally in Christ Jesus, according to this Bible passage, regardless of race, possessions, or gender. Isn’t that good news? If you look at someone else’s post and think “Ugh, that person is better than me!”—then think again! You are both equally loved in God’s eyes!

At Lakeside, we seek to treat everyone the way that God treats us—with Christian love, kindness, and concern for every student, no matter what their circumstances might be. We encourage our students to treat each other with that same kind of love as well. It’s true that our sin will get in the way, and we’re grateful that God keeps forgiving and strengthening us to do this.

May God bless you and your family to do the same! If you haven’t made a New Year’s resolution yet, maybe this is one worth making: “I will show God’s kind of love to everyone this year, no matter who they are, because we are all one in Christ Jesus!”

“top ten” I 2022

LLHS is pleased to announce the compilation of our 6th annual “top stories of the year” post on our blog, “Warrior Stories.” While we consider every piece of good news to be worthy of celebration –explaining our 68 blog entries and 833 other @yourllhs Facebook posts shared in calendar year 2022—there are always those that garner more attention. We narrowed 100s to 10 quick summaries, all with links allowing you to go more in-depth if you’d like.

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1. April: Forensics: 2nd at State

2. April: Warrior aces ACT college test

3. May: 3 familiar teachers retire

4. August: New faces all over the place

5. September: Hall of Fame Coach

6. September: “Old gym” is new again

7. October: Football sets example

8. October: New Cultural Awareness group

9. October: Cross Country State runner up

10. Nov/Dec: Warriors go D1 college

Attention church and school groups!

Our Grand Event committee is asking you to build a basket for our auction this spring. So that we can promote them well to bidders, we’re asking for baskets by March 22. We’d love to arrange a local pick up! Go to bit.ly/2023GEbaskets to sign up, to choose from our basket suggestions, or make one from your own idea.