Continuing my lenten study of Jesus...
no real thoughts or opinions...just sharing findings from my studies.
"Jesus believes that you are infinitely valuable. Anytime you don't believe that, you are living in a state of deception, disconnected from the deepest, truest reality.
I often wonder how we would live our lives differently if we really understood our true value. Over and over, throughout the Scriptures, Jesus tries to affirm our value: "You are the light of the world" (Matthew 5:14). "You are the salt of the earth" (Matthew 5:13). You are my brothers and sisters (Matthew 12:50). You are so valuable that God has counted and keeps track of every hair on your head (Luke 12:7).
So often the world wants to belittle us and put us down. The world can be so impersonal, reducing us to numbers or defining us by our functions. But Jesus offers a radically different view. He says you are infinitely valuable. In great contrast to the depersonalization of the world, Jesus affirms God's personal interest in you, even to the numbering of the hairs on your head. Jesus wants to raise you up. And more than anything else, he affirms that your value is not derived from what you do, but from who you are--a child of God."
Why you?
Why us?
I just miss you so much little boy.
I love you more Elijah.
Always.
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