A sense of Worth...

A lot of people, perhaps an entire generation deal with a sense of worth....What is their purpose, what is their value, what is their worth? I see it most times in teens and twenty somethings...that time of life where we are trying to find ourselves in so many areas, going from child to adult, and being accepted as such, separating from the pack and as an individual being found valuable by others. It can be such treacherous waters....

Regardless of the self-help books that fill whole sections of stores and libraries, despite counselors and seminars, people still question their value, wrestling with feelings of inadequacy.

When my son was in middle school, he won a NYS contest where he had to come up with a poster that displayed the aspects of mathematics and art as a cohesive theme. That's no easy task...and Yet it speaks volumes to our worth because, GOD is the Creator of Worth and Art!

Poster he came up with (with a little help) was a background of stars, with the planets rotating around the sun, and overlapping that was the finger of God touching the finger of Adam from the famous painting by Leonardo DaVinci. From that focal point a light burst broke into words like, logic, composition, structure, creation, form, function, beauty, value and so on...

It was the basic principle of Creation. God creating that which is pleasing to Him, by Him and for Him. Now if we would come to understand that He truly is our Creator, not just of our life...but of every aspect of our composition, our personality, our strengths, our gifting, our talents, our ability, our intelligence....perhaps, we wouldn't struggle with that sense of worth....we wouldn't compare ourselves to others, but look to Him for the answer to who we are and what He desires of us...and in that we would find our sense of worth and value...and be satisfied with it....




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