Better Examples

For today’s prompt, take the phrase "Better (blank)," replace the blank with a new word or phrase,make the new phrase the title of your poem,and then, write your poem... Children are imitators of Example...As soon as Big Brother clapped, so did Little Brother... Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children,Eph.5:1(NIV)Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.Eph.1:5 (NKJV) The only hope we have of improving what waits to beIs a better Example set by likes of you and meTherefore, the likes of you and me ought to pay earnest heedTo what and who influences power of word and deedBecause it is our words and deeds that set the sacred swayFor those who follow in the footsteps that we leave TodayFor what we leave today is not as fleeting as it seemsBut sets the stage where morrow's wage of today's onus teemsWith the after-effects of who we strive to imitateSubject either to laws of love or lawlessness of hateThen, there is only one solution that passes the test;To be better examples is to imitate The BestAnything less is but our children's futures sacrificedOur only hope, the perfect Example of Jesus Christ © Janet Martin Phil.2:5-11() Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:Who, existing in the form of God,did not consider equality with Godsomething to be grasped,but emptied Himself,taking the form of a servant,being made in human likeness.And being found in appearance as a man,He humbled Himselfand became obedient to death—even death on a cross.Therefore God exalted Him to the highest placeand gave Him the name above all names,that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,in heaven and on earth and under the earth,and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,to the glory of God the Father. Rom.13:8-10Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” []“You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.