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What I'm worth

Today i looked at my husband and said something along the lines of
" i don't like living in this world" - I guess i get like this sometimes
when I get overwhelmed by the disrespect for life and the marginalization of people.
It hurts to think that a majority out there just views me as a number.

This is where the importance lies. My creator made me from nothing, breathed me into life for a purpose, for a journey back to His hands and i refuse to think i mean nothing.
I love that scripture "before i formed you in the womb, i knew you" -Jer 1:5
When I reflect on that i want to scream HE KNOWS ME and knew me all along!
The maker of the universe thought me into existence and he made the world i live in.

I must tell myself that to make it through this world, this economy, this
horrifying societal mental shift towards mutilating life and ending it before God's time.
I'm worth God's time, I'm worth Jesus' sacrifice, not because of anything I have done but because of what HE did. His suffering made me worth something and I can't flounder
and let myself get down. A beautiful friend of mine is a mother of 2 children.
Every little thing she does she makes a prayer, picking up toys, sweeping the floor.

Is that beautiful? I would call it that. She inspires me because I may think all the things i do in my day doesn't matter -but we should MAKE it matter? shouldn't we? for Him at least... for all He did for us.

May God's peace be with all of you.

Jaime

Tags: children, life, purpose, suffering

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Comment by Mary Walther on August 7, 2009 at 1:39pm: Jaime,
Thanks so much for this post! You have NO idea what it meant for me to read this, especially today. God bless!

Comment by Deborah Garcia on August 6, 2009 at 2:38pm: Do you want to know Something? As I travel, and speak to people of all walks of life, I found that those who have no regard for the sanctity of life are not the majority, they are simply the "OUTSPOKEN MINORITY"! and it is "WE" that are the "SILENT MAJORITY"! We don't realize why our vote is so important, we vote for the popular one, and don't take the time to see where they stand on these vital issues. That's why we have a government that is for the culture of death, we voted them in! The only way we are going to change this is by first praying, and doing something. Get out there and get active, that way we will be the "OUTSPOKEN MAJORITY" we need not be afraid, God is with us. I heard it said once, "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
And that is what is happening today, all those that remain silent are allowing evil to prevail, and until we do something about it...its not going to change.
We need to go out and join our local parish respect life groups, and pro-life campaigns. We need to talk to people, get them to take action. That is the least we can do...You see simply hating the situation does nothing, but create bitterness within. Action begets fulfillment.