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 am going to give this $100 to one of you
but first, let me do this."

He proceeded to crumple the bill up. 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 all crumpled and dirty. "Now who still wants it?"
Still the hands went into the air.

"My friends, you 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 $100."

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 in God's eyes. To Him,
dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to
Him.

Thought: The worth of our lives comes not from what we do or who we are, but
by whose we are! You are special - Don't ever forget it!

“But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more
value than many sparrows.” -Luke 12:7