Worth

GOD,
I often struggle to see myself as you might. I either fail to see my faults, or I fail to see my value. I know you love me for who I am, because you created me this way! I know your love for me is not based on what I do for you, because you loved me before I made my first mistake, before I uttered my first word, and even before I took my first breath. Your love for me is an eternal thread woven throughout my life and fortified through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus on my behave. I still struggle with believing that your approval doesn't depend on what I do. I confess that sometimes I get so caught up in doing things for you, God, that I lose sight of the greatest privilage of all--knowing you and being known by you. To have my name registered as a citizen of heaven means that I belong, without question, to your eternal Kingdom. Nothing else on earth can compare with that joy. Lord. please keep me from the trap of basing my self-worth on my performance. Teach me to rejoice that it is based on your unconditional love for me.

*** You made [people]only a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor. PSALM 8:5 ***

Sometimes its hard to share the love of God with others because they feel that they are not worth anything at all and that are worth even less in the eyes of God. This is untrue. How many were deemed worthy by Jesus as others protested that they were not? Its this example that shows true love. The same kind of love that a mother and father feel about their unborn child and then suddenly increased to the moment that child comes into this world. " How can you love someone so much that you just met?" It comes upon us instantly and we are covered in it. Like a wave that just washes over us. This in my eyes is the same love that the Lord has for each of his children. Our worth is much more than we think .