You Are Worthy

Since the start of the month of February, people are talking about the coming Valentine’s Day. Almost every establishment I went to have decorations with either a red balloon or a heart shape posted on their wall, or the combination of these.

You can also feel this season of love in the web. Netizens have their way of expressing their excitement and enthusiasm on this much awaited February 14 and post it on twitter, instagram or facebook.

Some are happily married. Some are happy with their boyfriend/girlfriend relationship. Some are happy being single. By the way, not all single are happy being single: some singles are looking for a partner; and some are emotionally unstable single who have not been able to move on from their past relationship.

I don’t know what status are you right now. I don’t know where you’ve come from. But whatever you’re going through right now, understand that you are valuable, you are worthy.

Our value is intrinsic. It is not something you and I have earned; indeed we cannot earn it. God built value into us when He created us. That means you can stop obsessing about all your faults and give yourself a break.

Some people are always putting themselves down. “I’m so slow.” “I’m unattractive. Look at my height; look at my nose?” “How can I live? My boyfriend dumped me.” “I was rejected by the woman I’m courting, maybe she’s right; I look like a toad.”

Don’t be so hard on yourself!

The Scripture says we are God’s workmanship. The word workmanship implies that you are not yet a finished product; you are a “work in process.” Certainly, there may be some things in your life that you aren’t happy about; you may have some habits you need to break. But remember, God is not finished with you. Whether you realize it or not, right now God is moving you onward toward greater things.

Imagine that I’m handing you a new, crisp one-thousand-peso bill. Would you want it? Probably so! Suppose I crumpled it up so it wasn’t quite as good-looking as it was. Would you still want it? Sure! But what if I took it out in the parking lot, threw it on the ground and stomped on it until the bill was barely perceptible? Would you still want it?

Of course. Why? Because it is still valuable despite the rough treatment it has experienced.

That’s the way God sees each one of us. Sometimes we feel like that one-thousand-peso-bill, all crumpled and soiled. But just as that one-thousand-peso-bill still has value, we do too! In fact, we will never, ever lose our value.

Our value has been placed in us by God and nobody can take it away from us.

Friend, no matter what you go through in life, no matter how many disappointments you suffer, your value in God’s eyes always remain the same. He will never give up on you so don’t give up on yourself.