My Mommy Loves Me

It is so nice to have emails like this one waiting in your inbox. It appears to be a boring 'ole forwarded joke type email, but hidden within it is a love note from your Mom & even deeper is a love note from God. Not quite enough to make me cry this morning, but close! Instead I decided to share it :) My Mom and I were talking this weekend, about how broken, shattered & weak I feel like I have become. And that's a hard place to be, let alone admit it to your mom.

This was a very simple reminder that broken, shattered & weak- doesn't mean alone & that God still wants to be by my side. (Praise him for that!) And even if I was only worth $20 right now, at there are people that still wants me! And if I was only worth a $1, God would still have his hand raise "I want her." :)

Hope this will also remind you of your own worth and the worth of others even if, (who are we kidding) WHEN they hurt you. We are ALL flawed and stupid. We all understand and interpret things differently, we all have different timings in life and different reasons, motives or agendas. People are the best (and most complicated) part of this life, enjoy them- before it is too late.

ps. I love you! (in case I haven't told you lately)

Jennifer, Just to let you know... I agree. Love who God made you. If you are not being who God made you, repent and paint a new picture. He LOVES you. Mom

$20.00 Sometimes we just need to be reminded
A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20.00 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 up the $20 dollar bill. 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, we 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. Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who DO LOVE you. The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by WHO WE ARE and WHOSE WE ARE. You are special - Don't EVER forget it.'
Count your blessings, not your problems. 'And remember: amateurs built the ark .. professionals built the Titanic.'If God brings you to it -
He will bring you through it.