You could be a Hero

My church always has different themes for the different series' that our pastor does. The series he is doing now is called Marvel and is about the miracles of Jesus. As the name suggests there are also a lot of superheroes, I even got to create a couple for the bulletins.

When I imagine superheroes I don't imagine some average joe, I imagine some unbeatable, untouchable, super powerful, tight-clothes wearing person. They are not approachable and besides Captain Planet they seem to only focus on crime and bad guys.

Now I could never imagine myself being one of these superheroes, but does that mean I can't be a hero at all? Haven't you always wanted someone to put you down as their hero is third grade, or write a college essay about you? Well you don't have to don a cape and tights in order to this. If you look around the world today, even your school, there is plenty that you can do to be a hero.

Hero- by Superchic[k]

No one sits with him, he doesn’t fit in,
But we feel like we do when we make fun of him,
'Cause you want to belong, do you go along?
'Cause his pain is the price paid for you to belong
It’s not like you hate him or want him to die,
But maybe he goes home and thinks suicide,
Or he comes back to school with a gun at his side,
Any kindness from you might have saved his life...

Heroes are made when you make a choice...

CHORUS:
You could be a hero,
Heroes do what’s right,
You could be a hero,
You might save a life,
You could be a hero, you could join the fight,
For what’s right, for what’s right, for what’s right...

No one talks to her, she feels so alone,
She’s in too much pain to survive on her own,
The hurt she can’t handle overflows to a knife,
She writes on her arm, wants to give up her life,
Each day she goes on is a day that she is brave,
Fighting the lie that giving up is the way,
Each moment of courage her own life she saves,
When she throws the pills out, a hero is made...

Heroes are made when you make a choice...

CHORUS

No one talks to him about how he lives,
He thinks that the choices he makes are just his,
Doesn’t know he’s a leader with the way he behaves,
And others will follow the choices he’s made,
He lives on the edge, he’s old enough to decide,
His brother who wants to be him is just nine,
He can do what he wants because it’s his right,
The choices he makes change a nine-year-old's life...

Heroes are made when you make a chocie...

CHORUS

Little Mikey-Dee was the one in class
Who everyday got brutally harassed
This went on for years
Till he decided that never again would he shed another tear
So he walked through the door
And grabbed the .44 out of his father's dresser drawer
He said 'I can't take life no more'
And like that a life can be lost
But this ain't even about that
All of us just sat back and watched it happen
Thinking its not our responsibility
To solve a problem that isn't even about me
This is our problem.
This is just one of the daily scenarios
In which we choose to close our eyes
Instead of doing the right thing
If we make a choice and be the voice
For those who won't speak up for themselves
How many lives would be saved, changed, rearranged?
Now it's our time to pick a side.
So don't keep walking by not wanting to intervene,
Cause you just want to exist and never be seen.
So lets wake up, change the world
Our time is now.

You could be a hero - (Our time is now) heroes do what’s right
You could be a hero - (Our time is now) you might save a life
You could be a hero - (Our time is now) you could join the fight
For what’s right, for what’s ri-ight...


When I think of myself being a hero I see a rolemodel, someone who listens, and always does their best. High School has beena big change, there is always that one person who is a little it of a loner and always seems down. It's very interesting to talk to these kind of people, they just need a friend and someone that they can talk to.

When I think of being a hero I remember the time that we went and served Thanksgiving dinner to roughly 200 disabled people. They were so thankful, and you could really tell that we had brightened their day. We were their hero.

Who will you be a hero to?