I think I came out of the womb insecure. I remember how horrible I felt in first grade when I got glasses. How ugly I felt. My lens have always been thick, like the bottom of Coke-bottles.
When I was in high school and throughout college, I was the type of person that if you and I disagreed, I assumed you were right and I was wrong.
I became a follower of Christ at the age of 23. It took until I was really in my late 30s when a real transformation began to happen.
The Holy Spirit began to lead me to memorize verse after verse about who I was in God’s eyes. Who He created me to be. What His Word said about me.
My TRUE value.
Sometime during these years, when my children were very young, I babysat for a friend at her house, and I was reading this book, You Are Special by Max Lucado, to the children.
Let me tell you, it took everything I had not to start sobbing right there, sitting on the floor, surrounded by children.
Let me explain the whole book to you.
There is a land of Wemmicks. These Wemmicks are wooden and they spend all their days giving each other compliments or put downs in the form of stickers.
If you’re good at something, you get a star sticker. If you’re bad at something, you get a dot sticker.
Of course the main character Punchinello is covered in dots, which makes him feel worthless.
Then he meets Lucia. No dots or stars stick to her.
Punchinello marvels at this and questions her.
Her answer? Every day she visits with Eli the woodcarver. And she suggests he go visit Eli himself. So he does.
Eli knows Punchinello by name because He made him.
And after a little time spent with Eli, guess what?
One of those dot stickers falls off.
When you begin to understand your TRUE value, it doesn’t matter what ANYONE ELSE thinks about you. Only what GOD thinks about you.
Let me say that again:
I intend to place a copy of this book in each of my children’s homes, and give a copy to each of my future grandchildren.
Mr. Lucado can be found on his website: www.MaxLucado.com
There are a few different ways to purchase this book, including on Kindle. Plus, there are a couple of different covers available. I personally love this particular cover. “Board” books are smaller and are great for little ones.
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