Our Value Comes Not from Accomplishment, or from Need, but from God

Our Value Comes Not from Accomplishment, or from Need, but from God

imagodeiOur value as human beings is determined by an external source. It is not we who define our value, or the value of others. Our value is only determined by our Creator, by a God who has fashioned us in His image.

And yet, that is an incredibly difficult thing to say. That’s why I really don’t want to write this, because I know it will be a great challenge to clearly communicate the important points here.

But it needs

 


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January 4, 2014 at 11:11 pm

[…] Here too, though, Vanier points to the age-old question of value. What determines our value. As stated in other posts, our value comes not from our weakness, or from our differences, it comes from the way in which God redeems those aspects of our lives to His purposes. You can read more in our blog post about value. […]