| OUR LIVES ARE VALUABLE A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $100 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, Who would like this $100 bill? Hands started going up. He said, I'm going to give this to one of you but first, let me do this. He proceeded to crumple the bill. He then asked, Who still wants it? Still the hands were up in the air. Well, he replied, what if I do this? 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 hands went into the air. My friends, you all have learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the bill you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $100 dollars. 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 that we are worthless but no matter what has happened or what will happen YOU will NEVER lose your value, dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, YOU are still priceless to those who love you. The worth of our lives come not in what we do or who we know, but by who we are. In the eyes of GOD, WE are ALL valuable and special, DON'T EVER FORGET IT! You will never know the lives you touched, the hurting hearts you speak to, or the LOVE and HOPE you bring. ALWAYS keep GOD first and count your blessings and not your problems in life. Pass this on to those you value and love. GOD BLESS! |