Be the Best Version of Yourself

[409 words] There’s a saying that has become popular of late that I really like. It is this: “Be the best version of yourself.” I like it because it does emphasize being yourself. It is important to be you, to be unique, and to be who God made you. Don’t change that. But it’s also important to be the best possible you.  Timothy in the Bible was a young man and a preacher. He had been a protégé of the great apostle Paul, and Paul had left him to minister in Ephesus. Paul knew the great potential that lied within him, so when he wrote his first epistle to Timothy, He wanted to encourage the young man to be the best that he could be. Paul emphasizes this in 1 Timothy 4:12: “Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in…