Valuable, Way Better than Rich

Seen in a Facebook post from Nicole Roberts … “I may not be rich but I am valuable.”

Do you know people that chase the dollar? I do. In fact, I think we see this tendency all around us … in advertising, in all the gotta-have technological gadgets that surround us, in our work lives, when we listen to people young and old. People playing the lottery. People that demand more money for what they do. People that are upset they don’t make more money, many perhaps ungrateful even though they may have a good job.

I understand that tendency. But as many of us have heard from our parents, there is more to life than money. A lot more. And this quote says it all.

We are all more valuable than we imagine, than we see. We are valuable to ourselves, to our family and friends, to the world. We are valuable no matter what we offer. Our value is inherent to us, unique. And it has nothing to do with our wealth.

At the end, it is how valuable you are that will determine your legacy. Not money or possessions. Not bank accounts or work success. God provides us with that inherent value … it is up to us to share our value with the world, and in that, become even more valuable every day.