THE WORTH OF OUR LIVES

THE WORTH OF OUR LIVES


1Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20.00 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 $20 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 crumpled and dirty. Now who still wants it?

Still the hands went into the air. My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson, he said, 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.

Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless.... and especially to those who love you.

The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or whom we know, but by WHO WE ARE.

To attempt to be everything is to risk becoming nothing. No man has everything; everyone has something. No man is good at everything, but everyone is good at something. Someone loves to do what you hate to do! “You are most valuable where you add the most value”.

What you don't get through revelation, you can get through relationships. Therefore, place value on people and build great relationships.

It is not good counsel to ask a man to hurry in the dark (or to hurry up a blind man). There is no wisdom in increasing your speed in the wrong direction or in working harder at the wrong job. Wisdom is profitable to direct.