WE MUST VALUE OURSELVES!

WE MUST VALUE OURSELVES!


Have you ever FELT-
Like you have GIVEN YOURSELF AWAY
For nothing?


For a love?
For a CAUSE bigger
Than you=or for
Something else=ONLY to
Find out that you
Were NOT VALUED IN RETURN


“Do NOT GIVE what
Is holy to dogs=
Or throw your pearls
Before swine


Lest they trample
Them underfoot=and turn
And tear you to pieces” Matthew 7:6


PEARLS before swine
Is an extreme example


But we ALL
Give ourselves AWAY
For smaller=
Less recognizable things
All the time


We must REMEMBER
To VALUE OURSELVES=
For if we don't
No one else
Will value us either


“Again=the kingdom of heaven
Is like a merchant
Looking for FINE PEARLS=


When he found one
Of GREAT VALUE
He went away


And sold everything
He had
And bought it” Matthew 13:45-46


“For physical training
Is of some VALUE


But godliness has VALUE
For all things
Holding promise


For both the present life
And the life to come” 1 Timothy 4:8


“He regarded
Disgrace for the sake of Christ


As of GREATER VALUE
Than the treasures of Egypt=
Because he was looking AHEAD
To his reward” Hebrews 11:26


WE MUST VALUE OURSELVES!=
We must value this
KINGDOM of God=
For this is worth more
Than all the material BLESSINGS
In this world


We must VALUE and honor
What is holy
About ourselves


We must be WISE
And discerning
About HOW=when=
And with whom
WE SHARE OURSELVES


Our pearls=our words=our affection=
Our loyalty=and our time
Are MOST VALUABLE


“Consider the ravens=
They do not sow or reap


They have no storeroom
Or barn-
Yet GOD feeds them


And how much MORE VALUABLE
You are than birds!” Luke 12:24


VALUE YOURSELF=
Our Lord values you too=
You are SACRED=and of
MUCH VALUE to the Lord


In Jesus' name


Robert P. Wallman
6-22-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Kristin Armstrong