A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a
$20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this
$20 bill?"
Hands started going up.
He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you, but
first, let me do this." He proceeded to crumple the bill up.
He then asked, "Who still wants it?" Still the hands were up
in the air.
"Well," he replied, "what if I do this?" And he dropped it on
the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his
shoe. He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. "Now who still
wants it?" Still the hands went into the air.
"My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson. No
matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because
it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $20.
"Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and
ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the
circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are
worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will
happen, you will never lose your value in God's eyes. To Him,
dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still
priceless."
The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know
but by WHO WE ARE!
You are special---Don't ever forget it!
