Value

Our Daily Bread
There is a big box store that has its own brand called "Great Value".  It is usually cheaper than the name brands and often less than the other store brands.  Good quality at a good price.  What a great value!

Our value as humans is very different.  We are not a bargain brand.  We are beloved children of God!  We often base our value on who we are married to or where we live or what car we drive or what job we have.  When you strip all of that away, our ultimate value is in the grace and love that God showed us when he sent Jesus to die on the cross.  To emphasize our value even more, Jesus rose from the grave and left us with the Holy Spirit as our Comforter and source of strength.  Praise God!

u r a bcog!  Believe it!  (you are a beloved child of God!)

Lord, thank you for reminding us of our value -- it is entirely based on you!

Simply Saturday
Goodness
generosity; kindness, moral excellence; piety; virtue

"He's a good man" or "She's a good woman" is one of the highest compliments that a person can be given in most cultures!  We all seem to know goodness when we see it, but we find it hard to define.

I liked the combination of definitions I found above much better than just "the state of being good"!  Let's focus on those qualities when we think of goodness from now on!

Here is a nice article on Goodness.

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“Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen” (Eph. 3:20-21 niv).