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By Jeannie Anderson
A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding
up a $20 bill.
In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like
this $20 bill?" Hands started going up.
He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one
of you but first,let me do this."
He proceeded to crumple the dollar bill up. He then
asked, "Who still wants it?" Still the hands were up in
the air.
"Well," he replied, "What if I do this?"
And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the
floor with his shoe.
He picked it up, now all crumpled and dirty. "Now
who still wants it?" Still the hands went into the air.
"My friends, you have all learned a very valuable
lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because
it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $20.
Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled,
and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances
that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless.
But no matter what has happened or what will happen,
you will never lose your value in God's eyes. To Him, dirty or clean,
crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to Him.
Psalm 17:8 states that God will keep us, "as
the apple of His eye."
THOUGHT: The worth of our lives come not
in what we do or who we are but by WHOSE WE ARE!
You are special. Have a great day!!!
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