"The
Twenty Dollar Bill"
A well
known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20
bill. In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this
$20 bill?" Hands started going up. He said, I am going
to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do
this."
He
proceeded to crumple the dollar bill up. He then asked,
"Who still wants it?" Still the hands were up in
the air. Well, "he replied, "What if I do
this?" And he dropped it on the ground and started to
grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now
crumpled and dirty. "Now who still wants it?" Still
the hands went into the air.
"My
friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson. No
matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because
it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $20.
Many
times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into
the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that
come our way. "We feel as though we are worthless. But
no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will
never lose your value in God's eyes. To Him, dirty or clean,
crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to Him.
"The
worth of our lives come not in what we do or who we know but
by WHO WE ARE! You are special - Don't ever forget it!
If you
are so inclined, pass this little sentiment along. You will
never know the lives it touches, the hurting hearts it speaks
to, or the hope that it can bring!
Count
Your Blessings, not your problems!!!
