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--------