What is value? Worth?
According to the dictionary, the word value means "a fair return or equivalent in goods, services, or money for something exchanged."
One thing that has been highlighted to me while being home, is how women today see themselves as so low in value, or worthless. You see it everywhere. Magazines, movies, conversations.....
Why is this?
Us women have such a desire to love, be loved (as do men...but that is a totally different subject), be beautiful, feel accepted etc etc.
But we are so hard on ourselves. We need the "sexy body". We need the latest style clothes. We need the boyfriend. But why?
Why do we rate our self-worth in what the world says?
Our worth shouldn't be baised on what people say about us.
Beauty. What is beauty? The media tells us beauty is a size 2 with the latest Gucci purse and Dolce and Gabona shoes.
But God is beauty. If you study what the scriptures say about His beauty and the beauty of His throne room in Heaven, I promise you, you will be blown away.
God made us in His image, so how dare we say that we are anything less than beautiful.
But I know what that's like. I used to be a captive to self-hatred. I would look at myself in the mirror everyday and utterly despise what I saw. But not anymore. I might not be the "beautiful" everyone else strives to be, but I am radiating with true beauty, both inside and out, because that is how God sees me.
Beauty isn't a size, a number on a scale...beauty is you. Because that is who God created you to be.
Song of Solomon 4:7
You are altogether lovely, my darling. There is no blemish on you.
"If you got it, flaunt it"
I hate that.
Have you ever noticed that you never see commercials on TV for the expensive cars, like BMWs, Corvetts, Mustangs, etc.? You see commercials for the cheap cars.
I am an expensive BMW, worth being sought out by a man. I am not a cheap car, ready to advertise myself to the world.
I am worth so much more than throwing myself at men. I am a jewel, worth being worked hard for. And I'm not saying this in a "I'm better than you" sort of way.
I'm saying this because God said I was worth the blood of His Son, Christ; and the Bible says a husband should love his wife as Christ loves the church.
Today girls give themselves to such low standards. They settle into compromise. I know, I did it for a year and a half. It tore me apart. I thought I was feeling better about myself, but really it was just feeding my self-hatred.
Why do we value ourselves so low? Because we don't think we are worth anything. Why is that? I honestly don't know. I don't have words to describe how valuable we are to God. And the fact that people don't see that...it breaks my heart, it really does.
I don't agree with the dictonary's description of value. We don't need to give God anything in return for His value. He sees us as worth it, just because He loves us. I know I am valuable because the Creator created me with His own two hands. That, to me, speaks in volumes.
Our worth, should come from how God sees us.
Guess what?
He says we are worth everything.
