who's on your top 10?

You may remember the infamous, Wayne's World (if not, you didn't miss anything lifechanging) from Saturday Night Live and then from their own movie. The sometimes crude, sometimes funny sketch would typically center around who these frat boys considered to be the most beautiful women in the world. Each week would be centered around the Top 10 women in the world. Since those days, David Letterman has continued the famous top 10 countdown with his own current event Top 10. The Harris Poll recently asked a number of adults in America who they "admired most to call them their hero?" Here is this year's top 10:
1. Barack Obama
2. Jesus Christ
3. Martin Luther King, Jr.
4. Ronald Reagan
5. George W. Bush
6. Abraham Lincoln
7. John McCain
8. John F. Kennedy
9. Chesley Sullenberger
10. Mother Teresa

other notables: God, Bill Gates, George Washington, Oprah Winfrey...
The survey was last conducted in 2001, and in that survey Jesus Christ was the hero mentioned most often, followed by Martin Luther King, Colin Powell, John F. Kennedy and Mother Teresa.
So what makes a hero? Doing things right? Being well known? Lots of Power? What makes the difference between a hero and a "celebrity"? In short, heroes are people who have dramatic personal influence directly on our lives and celebrities are people who are well known for what they have done, achieved, or for what they possess. In his seminal study The Image, Daniel J. Boorstin says "the hero created himself, the celebrity is created by the media. The hero was a big person, the celebrity is a big name. (read more at www.serioustimes.com) So who is on your top 10 list? How did they arrive on your top 10 list? The key to the top 10 list is remembering that God has allowed these people to come into your life. It's my hope that each one of these people have influence you to become more like Christ!