I just wanted to share some thoughts that came to me recently. Reading the comments and thoughts and worries of many of my friends and brothers and sisters and posters on this forum and in the p-ming, there is a lot of sadness and suffering. That is why we are here, we are hurting and many of us see no way out.
Many of us are angry at others, many of us are angry at ourselves. Many of us feel that we are worthless and useless and that we should just put an end to it all. I can testify that all of these thoughts and emotions were going through my mind last night, and I contemplated the loneliness that I am feeling now and a relationship with a friend which I have no idea where it will go but it looks like to me it is probably over. I felt worthless and unwanted and that if I just put an end to my life it would only be a good thing.
Then I remembered some things that God tells us in the Bible.
He tells us that we are created in His image and likeness (Book of Genesis). I have often heard people say that they are ugly, that they are repulsive, that they are disgusting. I have felt these things about myself as well, and have had sometimes others tell me this.
But here's some news- if we were created in the Creator's image and likeness, then in His eyes we are beautiful. Otherwise He would not have created us to look like Him.
No matter how bad we may feel about how we look, it obviously cannot be that bad, otherwise He would not have chosen us to look like Him.
Do not let anyone tell you that you are ugly, or repulsive or disgusting.
God loves you and is proud of you. In fact, you resemble Him.
I have also heard and felt worthless. Worthless. I have had people tell me that they are unworthy of love or compassion. I have heard people say that they are a mistake. That they are unwanted and unloved.
Many people in our lives can act like pricks. Friends turn their backs. People who we trusted and loved and sometimes still love choose to abandon us or betray us. Families which are the closest to us and should be a source of love and care and trust do the exact opposite. Homes which should be filled with love and respect and joy are instead filled with yelling and hatred and physical and sexual and emotional scars. People who claim they know God, that they follow Him and that they act in His name instead show Satanic indifference, arrogance, cruelty, and rejection. Churches which are suppposed to share Christ's love with others and be a witness to His glory push people away instead of bringing them to Jesus.
They make us feel worthless. They sometimes even go so far as to tell us that we are worthless.
But we should not be discouraged. In their eyes we may be worthless.
But in God's eyes, we are not.
He loves us. He loves us so much that He created us in His image and likeness. He loves us so much that He came down to live among us as Jesus, to let us follow Him, to promise us that He will never abandon us if we put our trust in Him, to die for us on the cross, to give us everlasting life in Him when we die (basically the Gospel of John in a nutshell).
The fact is, that no one here is a reject. No one is worthless. No one is a loser.
God has not rejected us. We are obviously not worthless to Him, because if we were why would He shed His blood for us? We are not losers in His eyes, because He wants us to have everlasting victory in Him.
He sees us our pain. He sees our suffering. He wants to stand beside us and suffer with us and comfort us in our pain.
He wants us to live for Him, and to go through our sufferings and troubles and pain with Him at our side. He wants us to know His love, and to show it with others. And yes, we will die. He will take our lives when He knows it is time. And our reward for the steadfastness in the face of all of this will be a life with no end in Heaven, where we will never feel pain or sadness or suffering again.
We are carrying crosses as we are traveling through life. Sometimes it feels like these crosses are too heavy to carry and that we cannot go on anymore. I think we need at times like these to put our faith in Christ and let Him walk this journey with us. Our crosses will still remain but we are now walking and carrying them with Him. And as He helps us carry our crosses we can do the same to others. And eventually we will stop carrying them when He takes us home to Heaven.
This is a hard journey. But there is hope. It lies in Him who made us in His likeness and image. It lies in Him who died on the cross for us. It lies in Him who is waiting for us to come to Him with open arms.
It lies in Him who will never turn His back on us. In Him who will never leave us.
No one is worthless. No one is unworthy of hope or compassion or love.
Regardless of how some may make us feel. Regardless of what some may say. Regardless even of what sometimes we may tell ourselves when we sink into the darkness of depression or despair.
In God's eyes, we are worth more than anyone can ever even come close to begin to imagine.
Cristo Vive!
- Tomasz
Many of us are angry at others, many of us are angry at ourselves. Many of us feel that we are worthless and useless and that we should just put an end to it all. I can testify that all of these thoughts and emotions were going through my mind last night, and I contemplated the loneliness that I am feeling now and a relationship with a friend which I have no idea where it will go but it looks like to me it is probably over. I felt worthless and unwanted and that if I just put an end to my life it would only be a good thing.
Then I remembered some things that God tells us in the Bible.
He tells us that we are created in His image and likeness (Book of Genesis). I have often heard people say that they are ugly, that they are repulsive, that they are disgusting. I have felt these things about myself as well, and have had sometimes others tell me this.
But here's some news- if we were created in the Creator's image and likeness, then in His eyes we are beautiful. Otherwise He would not have created us to look like Him.
No matter how bad we may feel about how we look, it obviously cannot be that bad, otherwise He would not have chosen us to look like Him.
Do not let anyone tell you that you are ugly, or repulsive or disgusting.
God loves you and is proud of you. In fact, you resemble Him.
I have also heard and felt worthless. Worthless. I have had people tell me that they are unworthy of love or compassion. I have heard people say that they are a mistake. That they are unwanted and unloved.
Many people in our lives can act like pricks. Friends turn their backs. People who we trusted and loved and sometimes still love choose to abandon us or betray us. Families which are the closest to us and should be a source of love and care and trust do the exact opposite. Homes which should be filled with love and respect and joy are instead filled with yelling and hatred and physical and sexual and emotional scars. People who claim they know God, that they follow Him and that they act in His name instead show Satanic indifference, arrogance, cruelty, and rejection. Churches which are suppposed to share Christ's love with others and be a witness to His glory push people away instead of bringing them to Jesus.
They make us feel worthless. They sometimes even go so far as to tell us that we are worthless.
But we should not be discouraged. In their eyes we may be worthless.
But in God's eyes, we are not.
He loves us. He loves us so much that He created us in His image and likeness. He loves us so much that He came down to live among us as Jesus, to let us follow Him, to promise us that He will never abandon us if we put our trust in Him, to die for us on the cross, to give us everlasting life in Him when we die (basically the Gospel of John in a nutshell).
The fact is, that no one here is a reject. No one is worthless. No one is a loser.
God has not rejected us. We are obviously not worthless to Him, because if we were why would He shed His blood for us? We are not losers in His eyes, because He wants us to have everlasting victory in Him.
He sees us our pain. He sees our suffering. He wants to stand beside us and suffer with us and comfort us in our pain.
He wants us to live for Him, and to go through our sufferings and troubles and pain with Him at our side. He wants us to know His love, and to show it with others. And yes, we will die. He will take our lives when He knows it is time. And our reward for the steadfastness in the face of all of this will be a life with no end in Heaven, where we will never feel pain or sadness or suffering again.
We are carrying crosses as we are traveling through life. Sometimes it feels like these crosses are too heavy to carry and that we cannot go on anymore. I think we need at times like these to put our faith in Christ and let Him walk this journey with us. Our crosses will still remain but we are now walking and carrying them with Him. And as He helps us carry our crosses we can do the same to others. And eventually we will stop carrying them when He takes us home to Heaven.
This is a hard journey. But there is hope. It lies in Him who made us in His likeness and image. It lies in Him who died on the cross for us. It lies in Him who is waiting for us to come to Him with open arms.
It lies in Him who will never turn His back on us. In Him who will never leave us.
No one is worthless. No one is unworthy of hope or compassion or love.
Regardless of how some may make us feel. Regardless of what some may say. Regardless even of what sometimes we may tell ourselves when we sink into the darkness of depression or despair.
In God's eyes, we are worth more than anyone can ever even come close to begin to imagine.
Cristo Vive!
- Tomasz
