| The Pastor walked to the front of the platform and opened his wallet. He reached in and pulled out a $20 bill. In sanctuary that morning was probably 300 people. The pastor asked, "Who would like this 20 bill?"
Hands went up all over the sanctuary. The Pastor said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this." He then proceeded to crumple the dollar bill up. He wadded it up in a crumpled ball and then straightened it out again.
He then turned to the audience and asked, "Does anyone still wants this?" Still hands went up all over the room. Some young people yelled out, "Sure!"
"Well," the minister replied, "What if I do this?" He then dropped the twenty dollar bill on the floor and started to grind it into the ground with the sole of his shoe. Then he picked it up, now all crumpled and dirty. "Does anyone still wants it now?" Still the hands shot into the air.
The pastor handed the bill to a youngster in the front row. "My dear friends, you have all learned a 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, stepped on, ground into muck and dirt of life by the world and sometimes by the very decisions that we make. At times like that we feel worthless, used and sometimes like we can never recover our self worth. Listen to me, no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value in God's eyes. In God's eyes, it doesn't matter, dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, to Him you are still priceless!
How Do You Feel Today?
Do you feel used up by the world? Have you made some bad decisions that have brought you to the place where you feel valueless in your own eyes? Listen to me, I have a word for you from God. God loves you. He has written across creation.. in the blood of His son.. that you are worth more to Him than all the world. God loves you! He has a plan for your life.
You may be sitting here today and wondering how God can change your situation but listen He can. He can take the mistakes, the failures, the overwhelming circumstances and turned them around in the flash of your eyes. How? Simply go to the Lord in prayer and give Him your life, the problem and watch Him begin to make a difference.
Right now.. God is reaching out to you. Let Him have His way. If you want to give God you your life.. simply follow the link on this page and learn how to receive God's help and how to have the best possible life you can have.
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