Living With My Head Held High
Friday January 30, 2015
God has given us gifts and talents to share with others. God has planned for us to work, in community, in the same way hands and feet and eyes co-operate with and support one another in the body. God has prepared a lifetime of adventure and joy as we go out, in God’s love, to bring hope and healing to others.
In the strength and peace of God’s loving acceptance and forgiveness, we can begin to see ourselves and others with different eyes. We will no longer be living in panic and addictive lifestyles as we search for self-satisfying love but we will begin to experience loving and satisfying relationships as we share and give in community with others.
Jesus clearly told us the foundation for living a rich, and satisfying life is: ”Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself”. (Matthew 22:37-39 NIV)
When we question our worth we need to remember who God our Creator says we are. A one hundred dollar bill, whether it is in prime condition or is crumpled and dirty, is still worth what the creator of the bill has determined. God has clearly demonstrated the worth of each person through the death of Jesus. In our relationship with God, do we see Him as our loving Heavenly Father and us as His precious beloved children?
For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs. (Zephaniah 3:17, Jeremiah 31:3b NLT)
We have a choice today – to live in the low self-esteem of past negative thoughts and actions or to welcome the new life of dignity, worth, and purpose that God has prepared for us. What will we choose?
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