Know Your Worth

Proverbs 3:15

Let's just say, its been an off week. I have been overwhelmed and discouraged and in some desperate need of some Godly fellowship with some close and amazing friends. And tonight after Bible study certainly didn't disappoint. 

Some how we got onto the topic of being Godly influences of sorts. They are always telling me what a light I am and what not, and I have a hard time believing it. Most the time I am a mess. And I can't possibly see how I could be a shining light for God if I can't even remember how to spell my own name. So I tend to just brush off their compliments and encouragement. Especially when I am feeling down.

But tonight, one of them told me something that really hit a chord with me. She told me, "Laina, know your worth and let it show. Don't be overly humble and put yourself down. Don't let what others think discourage you or put you down."

Know your worth...in this day and age, what does that even mean? We are taught (as girls) that our worth is based on the clothes we wear and the guys we date. The people we hang out with or what we do with our time or how we look. Whether we are "cool" or "worthy" depends on completely superficial things.

 I believe that our "worth" is defined by so much more. Matthew 6:26 says, "Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?" We are worth something because God has made us to glorify Him. He made us worth something when He breathed us into existence. So to put such material labels on ones worth, is demeaning.

Its hard in a world that is constantly putting you down to stand back up with confidence and know who you are. To break the mold set before us by society that says to be worth something you have to be this, this, and this. Know that your worth comes from God and that that is the ultimate worth that can't be taken away.

Know your worth and let it show. I dare you.

-Laina