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Did You Know You’re Someone Special?

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Marjorie grew up with with a sense of worthlessness.  Again and again her father said she would never accomplish anything in life.  He told her she was a loser and that anything she did try was sure to end in failure.  With these words ringing in her ears she grew up looking for someone who would love her and see her as a person of worth.  This led her into relationships that were disappointing to her, ending in pain and devastation with yet another proof that she was worthless and unlovable. Maybe you can identify with Marjorie and your story is much like hers.  Where does our sense of self worth come from? It is true that the foundation for a person’s self-worth is laid in the home.  Words that we hear in our home can build or tear down our worth as a person.  The Bible speaks of words of life and death in Prov.18:21 where it says,”Death and life are in the power of the tongue,...” As we hear words of affirmation and encouragement they are words of life to us whi