In him, our lives never lose their value

​Anyone who has ever purchased a car knows this: the moment you drove it off the lot it, it was worth less than you'd just paid for it.

And with every mile you drive that car and with every dent it collects and with every year added to its age, it continues to lose value.

Until one day it's simply worth nothing at all.

Sadly, too many of us see our lives as cars.

We feel ourselves getting older and it gets easier with each day to believe our best days are behind us. We reflect on all of the dents in our lives, the traumas and the struggles and the mistakes we've made along the way, and we wonder, who would ever have interest in this life.

Most every day we find ourselves pulling out the blue book of life and looking for the answer, what am I worth today?

Only that's the wrong book with which to do your research. Our value is found in the Good book, not the blue book. For the bible tells us over and over that we are wonderfully made, and in the eyes of our creator, our value never fades.

In our dents we find his compassion, not disdain.

In our mistakes we find his forgiveness, not his judgment.

In our traumas we find his tears, not his disregard.

In God we have our first and only owner, nothing we do makes him reconsider his purchase. Nothing leaves him wondering what our resale value is.

We are the ones who question our worth, but we have no need to. Because if the one who created us to treasure us never stops treasuring us, why would we ever see ourselves as less than a treasure.

I don't care how old you are, how many dents you have, how many crashes your life has endured, you are a treasure. And with every step you take today, no matter what that step holds, you will remain a treasure.

Because you were wonderfully made. And in his eyes, your wonder never ceases.

So, drive on with your life, knowing you are headed to his arms and not a junkyard. In that truth, your worth will forever be priceless.