VALOR

Me gustaría pedir que usted observe la imagen cuidadosamente. Que usted ve? Un dollar puede ser rompido por la mitad, aun sera un dollar. Un dollar puede ser cortado en pedacitos, aun así, sigue siendo un dollar. Un dollar puede ser puesto en fuego, aun sigue siendo un dollar. Un dollar puede ser pisado o hasta escupido, aun sera un dollar. A donde quiero llegar con esto?

No importa lo que acontece con el dollar, no pierde su valor. Lo mismo es con usted. Quizás usted fue humillado en el trabajo, en hasta su propia casa, usted aun tiene valor. Quizás usted ha sido empujado por alguien en la escuela, usted aun tiene valor.

Las personas le pueden decir que usted no es nada, que usted nunca sera nada, hasta pueden reír en su cara, aun así, usted tiene valor.

Mucha de las veces nosotros dejamos que nuestro valor sea basada en lo que otros piensan de nosotros, o lo que otros dicen de nosotros. Mas, mi amigo y amiga, su valor viene de Dios. Usted sabe porque? Por que usted fue creada/creado por las propias manos de Dios. El formo usted para hacer cosas extraordinarias en este mundo, y no solo para ser uno mas en el mundo. Y el le salva por la sangre preciosa que fue derramada por Su Hijo.

Mi amigo y mi amiga, usted tiene valor.

Quizas usted dice, mas Claudia, yo crecí en un hogar abusivo, donde nadie creo en mi, yo eh tenido una vida muy dura. Mas, yo le digo, yo también tuve esta vida, pero hoy le doy gracias a Dios, porque todas las humillaciones, todos los momentos difíciles me formaron para ser la persona que soy hoy.

Usted no es diferente. Recuerda una cosa, Dios no hace basura. Yo eh leído la Biblia muchas veces, y El nunca hizo basura. Al contrario, El siempre escogí aquellos que son débiles, aquellos en cual todos dudaron, aquellos en cual nadie creía.

Dios te escogio : )

-------Claudia Prado--------

VALUE

I would like you to take a look at the picture carefully. What do you see? A dollar can be ripped in half but it will still be a dollar. A dollar can be cut in pieces, it is still a dollar. A dollar bill can be set on fire but it will still be a dollar. A dollar bill can be stepped on or even spat on, it will still be a dollar. What I am trying to get at?

No matter what happens to the dollar, it does not lose its value. The same thing applies to you. Maybe you have been humiliated at work, in your own house, you still have value. Maybe you've been pushed around by someone at school; you still have value.

People can tell you you are nothing, that you will never be anything, they can even laugh in your face; you still have value.

Many times we let our value be determined based on what others think of us, what others say about us. But my friend, your value comes from God. You know why? Because you were made by His own hands. He formed you to do great things in this world, and not to just to be another person. He saved you by the precious blood of His son.

My friend, you have value.

Maybe you say, but Claudia, I grew up in a abusive home, where no one believed in me, I have had a very hard life. I tell you, I also had this life, but I thank God now, because all the humiliations, all the put downs, all the hard moments made me the person I am today.

You are no different. Remember one thing, God does not make trash. I've read the bible many times, and He never made garbage. On the contrary, He always chose those who no one believed one, who everyone doubted.

God chose you. : )

-------Claudia Prado--------

Light vs. Darness

5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
1 john 1.5-7

When I read this passage the first thing that came to my mind (which many youth will understand what I'm talking about) is that early morning when you're still fast asleep, then suddenly the light of the morning comes through your window to wake you up. Or maybe you have parents that open the curtain so that you will wake up. You know what I'm talking about. You even try to hide from the light by turning away from it or even hiding under your blanket. Yes or no? ( : ) )

So, what does that scenario have to do with this verse? Many times a person claims to be in the light; to have an alliance with God. But, when the person is corrected, or God shows this person what they need to change or what they are doing wrong, the person many times denies it. Or, the person justifies themselves. Or, they think "Oh no, this preaching today was not for me". The person hides themselves from the light by going under the blanket which we call pride.

Because when the person is humble, the person can be corrected a million times a day, the person will receive the correction with joy with love regardless how much it hurts because he/she knows that God is trying to mold this person to be more like Him. The person knows that this mistake this will only bring the person closer to God and help them grow spiritually.

I remember there was a time that a Pastor's wife sat down with me and she was showing me where I was wrong. Her words hurt me so much on the inside because I knew that what she was saying was true. And I remember that I held in my tears but when I got in my car I started to cry. And you know what I told God at that moment? "Thank you God. Thank you for showing me where I was wrong. Thank you because I know that you love me and that I am capable of doing better". And right after that prayer my sadness turned to joy.

Those who are in light seek the truth. They seek what is right. However, those who live in darkness, as soon as they see light, they hide under the blanket because they do not want to be in truth.

And you? Have you been in light or darkness?

Think about it.