there are a lot of beaten down individuals right now in our country, in our world. i started thinking about what our purpose was in it; why each one of us matters and the simple truth is each one of us is significant because GOD gave us life.
since before conception every part of you was designed by GOD, everything was predetermined by HIM. for most of us our self worth is based on what we do for a living. i am a stay at home mom. when i first started staying at home i felt i had lost what made me, me. this was a huge struggle for me. i no longer felt like i had purpose because i wasn't bringing home a pay check. talk about not feeling good about myself, i was at an all time low.
i hate even to bring this up, but as a woman in the american society a lot of time your significance is based on what you look like. i mean come on we pay individuals because of how beautiful they are. i have been told that i am a pretty woman. i don't feel that way anymore now that i've gotten older. i've gained weight, i have a few wrinkles, dark circles and bags under my eyes and i just don't look like i did when i was 21. some days this depresses me when i look in the mirror, other days i am way too tired to care, but that's not why GOD made me a significant person.
we also seem to base our significance on what we give to others. i'm not talking about just giving a charity money, or a cause. i think we judge another individual by what they do for another person, we almost force them into giving. GOD wants you to give, because you feel led to, not because someone told you to. now with that said he will also judge your selfishness and ask why you weren't willing to care for another human being.
we put too much emphasis on what our government, our corporations, our small businesses, or what other individuals do and not enough on HIM. our significance is based on how we glorify and serve him, what we do after is because he led our hearts to it. you have no right to judge another's significance on their place in the world only GOD has that right, so just stop. man's judgements don't matter, only GOD's.
your significance is because GOD gave you life and how you serve him everything else will follow. accept him into your heart; return to him.
genesis 1:27-31
"in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." proverbs 3:6
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