Do you like to be thought of? Do you like when people show you respect? Do you like it when others consider your situation and your needs? Do you like it when they take time to acknowledge all you have done? What if no one did those things? How would you feel?
Being thought of, appreciated, and respected are important to us. Having our needs considered and taken care of is important to us. When none of those things happen, we can feel unappreciated, ignored, depressed, and even helpless or worthless. But that is not the truth.
Though each of us are just one of the billions of people on this earth, we are important to God. No one person is more important than another, yet each of us is very important to God. Our feeble minds, weakness when compared to God’s power, and our inability to fully comprehend who God is does not stop God from making us important to him.
No, by human standards, God should not care for us as much as he does. But that is what makes God so much different than us. Regardless of how little or how much money we make, we are important. Regardless of how many talents we have, we are important. Regardless of what others think about us, we are important. Though God has every reason to discard us, he does not. Instead, he welcomes us with open arms and tells us we are important to him.
I pray we all feel appreciated and respected. I pray we trust that God will take care of our needs. I pray each one of us takes refuge in God’s love for us and know that we are important to God. Trust God. Know God cares. Trust God to provide. Take refuge in God. You are important to God.
Psalm 8:3-4
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars that you have established;
what are humans that you are mindful of them,
mortals that you care for them?
Marty Pressey 