Valued.

By: Monique Smith

I was listening to the radio earlier and wanted to share with you the revelation I received from that listening session.

The radio personality shared the following story:

There was a family who had two pet guinea pigs and they thought both were boys. Lo and behold, there was one boy and a girl. The obvious happens next, they reproduced and now many guinea pigs came into existence.  The family didn’t want all the new pigs, so they took them in a cage to a local pet store and put a “FREE” sign in front of the cage. For a solid week, the man took the pigs to the pet store and no one took them. Finally, the owner of the store encouraged him to put “$1” on the sign in front of the cage. The next person that walked into the pet store, bought the pigs.

Interesting right? Here is the revelation I got from that. In life, if we don’t place value on our abilities, belongings, our dreams, or ourselves, no one will appreciate or recognize those things. No one wants anything that is valueless.  It was not until a value was placed on the pigs that someone became interested. Friends, are you placing value on things in your life? Are you selling yourself and your morals short just to be in a relationship? From this story we realize if we do that, we are doing ourselves a huge disserve and actually not attracting anyone.  Are you second-guessing your abilities? Everyone else will also. Many times we may suffer from not wanting to seem cocky or boastful in ourselves, but having a confidence and sense of pride in our abilities encourage others to do the same. Why would anyone buy your music if you didn’t promote yourself with confidence? Are you rocking your fake Jordan’s like they are fake? Walking around looking sad and tacky. Put on some nice pants and a shirt with them and be confident in your swag. Others may not even notice they are fake if you rock them with confidence.  Lastly, are there dreams or visions you don’t fully believe? Of course if you doubt those things, others will as well. How will anyone ever believe you will open your own business when you can’t even talk about the idea confidently?

Friends, lets place value on things with our names on it. Don’t belittle anything. Value yourself. Value your dreams. Value your future.

Prayer: Hey Dad! Thank you for this great day! Everything worked according to your plan today and I am thankful for that! God thank you for reminding me to value things in my life. Please help me identify and correct areas in my life that I have deemed valueless. God, I want to look at these things the way you see them, with value. However God, help me in keeping a good balance when I begin placing more value on things. Help me not become vain or boastful or “cocky” with anything in my life. I do not want to be prideful, so help me keep pride at bay. Lord, I thank you for your loving kindness that is better than life! Hug brother Jesus for me! In Jesus name, amen.