Do I Matter?

Ever had that thought? I mean, one of those days where everything you touch turns to disaster, everything that could go wrong does, and it seems you let everyone around you down, including yourself and most importantly your Lord, and that thought creeps in "The world would be better off without me, in fact, they probably wouldn't even notice." ..."I just don't matter." I would dare say most of us have thought that at one time in our life. Well, take heart dear sister! You do matter! So much in fact that God numbers the very hairs on your head! Matt. 10:30 "But even the very hairs of your head are numbered." Who else inventories follicles? We monitor other things like how much money we have in our checking account, how much gas we have in our tank, how many groceries are in the cabinets, how many pounds we've gained over the holidays ..lol...but I have never seen anyone with tiny signs adjacent to each strand of hair with a number on it. But God knows. And you may say he is just pointing out he knows everything...he is omniscient...and He is...but I really think he wants us to know that EVERYTHING about us matters to him. We matter to God Almighty! Wow! He came as a babe in a manger and grew up to go to the cross because we matter!! It is a lie of the enemy to tell you that you do not matter. It is a fear that can consume us and cause us to live defeated lives. Do not buy into it dear sister.

My husband's favorite movie is "It's a Wonderful Life" with Jimmy Stewart. He loves to watch it every Christmas season. The whole plot of this movie is that George Bailey thinks everyone's life would be better if he had never been born...he had the feeling he had let everyone down and was buying into the lie of "I don't matter"...so an angel comes and makes it as though he were never born but let George see how everyone's life would be if that were true. Well, as you know it had a devastating effect on many lives. George saw exactly how much he mattered and wanted his life back. I know that God created everyone one of us for a purpose and with a plan for our entire life. The Word tells us that. As we go into 2010 lets remember that we DO matter and that every little deed done in the name of Christ is important. We may not have much materially, we may not have a lot of influence in the corporate world or in society, but dear friend there is a King..matter of fact the King of kings who has the very hairs of your head numbered and he says we do MATTER!!! AMEN!!