Definition, Please!
Do you understand it? Do you even really know what it is and what it means? Some people do. But others truthfully, don't have a clue! I'm talking about how much you're worth. I was one of the clueless ones. For years, I fought aimlessly trying to forge my way into society. To be accepted, respected, liked, and popular. But of course when we set ourselves on a collision course with destruction----destruction is what we'll get. It took what seemed like forever and a day for me to realize that those things didn't make me who I am. Matter of fact, those things...acceptance, respect and popularity were so far from what made me up.
The Black Sheep, Yes! NOT!
I've always been deemed "the black sheep." Everywhere. Home. School. Church. Everywhere. It was when I reached the end of my ropes that I realized "hey, there has got to be more to me than this!" And there was. After a series of self-destructive events, I turned my sights on pursing and chasing after God. I learned through His teaching that I'm far more worth what I even thought to give myself credit for. I had defined who I was by the definitions laid out in society. Of course to some degree, we're all shaped by our surrounding environment and social interactions. But what I'm talking about is I had literally allowed society and "the world" to define ME! Who I was and how much I was worth!
Finally Comfortable...
Many years later, I can comfortably and confidently say that I'm not that girl anymore. I still have my little bouts here and there (but hey I'm human and there will always be some sort of struggle). But I've learned and I'm still learning to lay my insecurities and frailties at God's feet. Unfortunately, many girls and women lay their insecurities right into the hands of deeper trouble.
We Are Worth More Than That...
We've grown so accustomed to handing over every dollar, down to the last cent, of our value and worth that it's become oblivion. With every desperate move we make....inappropriate Facebook pictures, disrespectful, profane talk, inappropriate relationships, we lower the cost on our value. We give others permission to purchase us for a cheap cost. We engage in acts that we believe will boost us up in the eyes of others when really all it does is deflate our very character. I'm speaking in this manner because I was "that chick." I was her. There is no bashing, judging or criticizing here. Only a cry for our girls and ladies to recognize one very important thing....WE ARE WORTH MORE THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW! I can never be thankful enough to God through Jesus Christ for His healing, merciful hands that saved me from the destructive path I had set out on. I am far from there but I know I'm healed in that area. I don't wish to keep anything inward that I believe it could possibly help someone else. My intent is that women of young and old would take these words and apply them to their lives. Through a relationship with Jesus Christ we can and will be healed of the scars we etched onto our desperate souls. Jeremiah 29:11 (New Living Translation) says "For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." God has a beautiful plan for each of us. But without properly understanding how He created us and how He sees us, we will constantly fail. Luke 12:7 (New Living Translation) says, "And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are more VALUABLE to God than a whole flock of sparrows" (emphasis mine). I encourage you to read the verses above in that chapter to get the full picture. Just like the cliche' saying goes, "God didn't create no junk!" There is no price tag to our value in God's eyes and shouldn't be in ours or others!
We Are God's Best...Act Like It!
But my whole point in all of this is, God views us as His most prized possessions. Yes we fall. Yes we make mistakes. Yes we take wrong turns. Yes we fall into desperate measures. Yes. Yes. Yes. With all of that included, God still VALUES us. We are WORTH everything to Him. I encourage you to evaluate the measure at which you value your worth. If it's out of sync with God, get before Him and talk...yes talk to Him. It's time to recoup those "lost funds" in your value and worth!! I'd love to hear your comments and thoughts. Be blessed!
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