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.
