Jack Eppolito wrote about the time his granddaughter’s second-grade class was asked to write about their personal heroes. Her father was flattered to find out that she had chosen him.

“Why did you pick me?” he asked her.

She replied, “Because I couldn’t spell Arnold Schwarzenegger.”

As we mature, hopefully we find better reasons for choosing our heroes.

“Remember our leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.”—Hebrews 13:7.