look in the mirror and say this......

hey! YOU! yeah, you..the one who is reading this because you followed my link from facebook, or you may be one of the ones worldwide that reads this (yup, i know..i check my stats...i see you,"Germany") and YOU, friend of mine who keeps up with my writings. yes, i'm speaking to you, to me, to your neighbor, to your boss, to my neighbor, to my boss....

did you know, you have value? you have worth simply because you are....merely because you breathe. that places value on you. it doesn't matter what you LOOK like, the clothes you have, the job/car/spouse/house you have. it doesn't matter if you do a million good things or just one....it doesn't matter if you're in prison for the filthiest crime imaginable...you have value and worth. not value that the world gives, but value from a Creator who adored His creation so much that He gave His only Son in death, and in life, for YOU. for ME. OUR CREATOR GOD SEES VALUE IN WHO WE AAAARRRRREEEEE. not what we do, what we don't do....our efforts to Him to be "good" are as "filthy rags" (Isaiah 64:6).

for me personally, it's doesn't and shouldn't matter if i don't receive the love and approval of the ones i need it most from...because i've already been approved of. i already have worth. there's a Father in heaven that is so much more important than anyone's opinion on me. i have value simply because i am a creation of GOD Almighty!!!!! i was born, not able to do great things as a baby....and yet, my parents found worth in me just because i was. the same with my girls...before they could even tell me they loved me, or even knew who i was...they mattered and had immense priceless value to me!!! AND THE SAME WITH OUR SAVIOR!!! before we even knew He loved us, before we even knew Him....He thought us to be worthy of His love and of His Son. oh how stinking unworthy are we that He should love us so....but in His mind, we are worthy....we are valuable...we do matter!!!!

so to you, reader of mine....look in the mirror. say to yourself "i matter. i'm important. i'm valuable. i'm full of worth. simply because i'm me." and then, go out into in the world and make a difference, just by being your valuable self.

"For GOD so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life." John 3:16