Reflections Self Worth

We mostly spend our lives conjugating three verbs: to want, to have and to do…forgetting that none of these verbs have any ultimate significance, except so far as they are transcended by and included in the fundamental verb, to be. Eveyln Underhill

Self worth! That illusive ethereal smoke ring that we try to grasp through establishing a successful career, financial base, or position in life is a fraagile source of self worth. The size of our bank account, what we drive, where we live, the number and size of our toys, who we know, are all fleeting sources of pseudo self worth, any of which can be reversed in a moment of time.

AS we spend time in the Bible, asking God to give us a clarity on the topic, we find a passage like: I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well" (Psalm 139:14). Or, we are told in Genesis that we are created in God’s image.

Knowing Him more deeply helps us know ourselves better and we begin to realize that (Ephesians 3:20) Glory be to God who by His mighty work within us is able to do far greater than what we can think…

What measurements do you use to define your self-worth?

Reflections on Tough Times 3

The great and the humble have the same misfortunes, the same griefs, the same passions; but the one is at the top of the wheel and the other near the center and so less disturbed by the same revolutions. Blaise Pascal

Because the humble recognizes their need for God, their default is “Everything is needful that God sends ( even the toughest of times); nothing is needful that God withholds,” and so are “less disturbed by the same revolutions.”