There’s an old country song and the lyrics go something like this. “I’m just an old chunk of coal but I’m gonna be a diamond some day”.
God sees the diamond in all of us. He saw that we were valuable, priceless and worth the ultimate sacrifice. God’s opinion of us is so much greater than our opinion of ourselves.
He loved us enough to send His Son to die for us so that we could live in Him!
Now that alone should drive out any feelings of low self-esteem or worthlessness!
” Brothers and sisters, God chose you to be his. Think about that! Not many of you were wise in the way the world judges wisdom. Not many of you had great influence, and not many of you came from important families. 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise. He chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 And God chose what the world thinks is not important—what the world hates and thinks is nothing. He chose these to destroy what the world thinks is important. 29 God did this so that no one can stand before him and boast about anything. 30 It is God who has made you part of Christ Jesus. And Christ has become for us wisdom from God. He is the reason we are right with God and pure enough to be in his presence. Christ is the one who set us free from sin. 31 So, as the Scriptures say, “Whoever boasts should boast only about the Lord.” I Corinthians 1:26-31 ERV
” But you are God’s chosen and special people. You are a group of royal priests and a holy nation. God has brought you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” I Peter 2:9 CEV
“ God our Father loves us. He treats us with undeserved grace and has given us eternal comfort and a wonderful hope. We pray that our Lord Jesus Christ and God our Father 17 will encourage you and help you always to do and say the right thing.” II Thessalonians 2:16-17 CEV
And that’s the way He feels about those that we don’t think are too valuable either. His love for all of us is the same and so we need to reflect that when we are dealing with others!
This weekend, make it a time to value those who God finds valuable and start with yourself!