This is a very wonderful post @gavvet. There is no greater life to live than walking after in the footsteps of Christ.

Acts 11 vs 26

''and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.''

I believe emulating Jesus Christ means truly being a Christian, not by title, but by practice. I start by asking, what does it mean to be Christian?

Being Christian, i.e. a follower of Christ, means to strive to live as Jesus Christ would live. By that I don’t mean forsaking all possessions to walk around preaching the gospel.

It means to always act as He would act. Forgive everyone who offends you, because He would do so.

It means seeing others as children of God, no matter what race they are or what religion they believe in.

It means asking how you can brighten someone else’s day, just as He brought light into the lives of others.

It means asking for forgiveness when we’ve had an unkind thought or said or done something that hurt someone else or ourselves.

It means remembering that you can be happy through tough times because of Christ, that He knows what it’s like to feel remorseful because He felt that during His Atonement for us. He knows what it’s like to feel depressed and have anxiety, to be mad and wanting to feel unforgiving of others and ourselves. He knows, and because He knows He can take it away, replacing those feelings with peace.

It means asking for His help to feel that peace in our lives, every moment of the day. When I’m tired because I was up the whole night taking care of my sick kids, I can ask Him for peace that they’ll be OK and strength to get through another day at work.

Practicing Christianity daily is the key to emulating Christ. It’s a simple idea, but requires faith and devotion to center our lives around it. And when we do so, we'll naturally be like Christ.