In God's Eyes, Are You Disposable?

A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200 people, 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 the dollar 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; like any other piece of rubbish. "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 $20."

We are all used to things being disposable - we throw tons of items away daily when we're finished with them. Sadly, people treat others as if they were disposable too.

But you see..for God, no one is disposable. In the Bible we're told that at the end of the world everything that is wrong and evil will be like rubbish. It will be thrown away and destroyed.

However God does not want a single person to be lost when the evil rubbish of the world is burned. He is patiently waiting for us to allow him to clean us up and put us right. No one is rubbish in God's sight.

The minister took the crumpled note and began to smooth it out. "This is what God wants to do for us: smooth out the hurts were other people have rejected us and sort out the wrong things we have done. Then He wants to take us into His eternal life in Heaven. For God, no one is disposable."

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.

God is a loving God and does not look at us as the world sometimes does. People sometimes respect us because of our bank statement and not our heart statement. But God wants us to forget about the treasures of this earth and think about His treasure which is Eternal. II Corinthians 4:18 says, "While we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal."

Keep this in mind: The worth of our lives comes not from what we do or who we are, but by whose we are! People may reject us, but God will not. You are special - Don't ever forget that!
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That's a neat analogy, is this a pastor at your church?

-Reddy

No I get this one and the one about the Atheist, at another bulletin Board. Its the this link. Its the Circleville Bible College bulletin board, the college I'm attending this fall!:)

http://cbb.k-io.com/index.php

In CHRSIT,
Misty

Cool, are you excited to go to college this year?

-Reddy

Yeah, where are u from and do u have AIM? Add me if u want too. Its XxMiStYgUrL05xX!!!! How old are u?

IN CHRIST,
Misty

I have MSN: SamGreatElfWarrior@hotmail.com is mine.

I'm 17 going on 18 Sept. 9th, I'm homeschooled but in the school system i'm GOING to be a Senior, even though I pretty much was last year. That and the fact that wemay be moving next year is my reason for not going to college this year.


-Reddy

Kool, where do u live? I live in Ohio. U seem very nice. What is the name of ur church. I'm 19.

In CHRIST,
Misty

Kewl, that's kinda scary, you live in the same state Jango lives in. I live in Tejas, or Texas to you northerners. haha J/k I'm basically a northerner too we moved here from Maryland 3 years ago and I'm determined to avoid getting an accent at al costs!
My church's name is Oak Hills, a Christ centered fellowship
Where do you go to church? Wow, you'll be 20 in Dec. eh? Did you enjoy your Sumemr break? lol thanks, you know I AM pretty nice. *pats himself on back* lol Just kidding around, thanks!

-Reddy

I go to the Church of christ in Christian union in London, Ohio. Ur very funny!:) Yeah I know, I'm old!

In CHRIST,
Misty

Great. Another member older than me.

Bah. 18 year old college kids rule!

And I'm not sure this goes here... but where to put it...

<<DV>>

Are u talkin about my post? I'm sry that I put it here, I'm kinda new to this whole thing.

In CHRIST,
Misty

And that is why I, the Moving Mod, am here. 1...2...3...poof! Moved to speaches/sermons

Thanx for moving it!! I'm sry I put it in the wrong place!!

In CHRIST,
Misty

Umm...

Hooray for email forwards?

This post has been edited by Punks Still Pray on Aug 23 2005, 03:11 PM

Umm, accually I got it from this board!!!:) Here is the link!:)

http://cbb.k-io.com/index.php

You can check it out, but I think u have to be a member, I'm not sure though cuz I'm a member.

In CHRIST,
Misty