Someone Once Told Me of a prayer for self-improvement that went something like this: "Lord, please make me the kind of man my dog thinks I am." There's nothing like having a high goal. By the looks of things on book sales charts, plenty of people are heading to bookstores in search of ways to make themselves better. I noticed a fairly busy "self-improvement" aisle myself in a large bookstore the other day.
A few aisles over was the "religion" section. It wasn't as crowded. The one person there was looking through the selection of Bibles. I wonder if he, too, was on a quest for self-improvement.
That could be. What the Bible offers self-improvement seekers is extraordinary. If you doubt that, read the Sermon on the Mount (chapters 5 through 7 in the book of Matthew). It would be impossible to fully measure the influence for good these teachings have had on the lives of men and women throughout history. This one sermon has been recognized by many as the most penetrating and awakening discourse on how to live a moral and spiritual life, and the benefits of doing so.
