You're So Vain

What is it about us?  We think that everything is about us.  We can’t pass a mirror without catching a glance saying, “Not bad.”  We judge a group picture good or bad based upon if we have our eyes open or not.  The old Carly Simon song says,

You walked into the party

Like you were walking on a yacht

Your hat strategically dipped below one eye

Your scarf, it was apricot

You had one eye on the mirror

And watched yourself gavotte

And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner

They'd be your partner, and

You're so vain

You probably think this song is about you …

The best Man who ever drew breath was not vain.  He was humble and thoughtful of others.  In Philippians 2:3-5 Paul said, “Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.”  Let’s be more like Jesus and less like us.  Let’s think more of Jesus and think less of us.