A Wonderful Thought

When I'm in my darkest moments, God often finds a way to remind me of how important I am to Him. Like today for instance, I felt like I was the most worthless piece of ...uhh,err..creature (piece of creature?!?) that ever walked on this planet because that's exactly what other people try to make me feel (and it hurts to think that these "other people" are actually the ones closest to my heart). I don't want to go into the details because it would just make me feel worse than I already do. Here's what God wanted to tell me through a message sent by my closest friend just when I badly needed it:

There are many reasons God saved you: to bring glory to Himself, to appease His justice, to demonstrate His sovereignty. But one of the sweetest reasons God saved you is because He is fond of you. He likes having you around. He thinks you are the best thing to come down the pike in quite a while. If God had a refrigerator , your picture would be on it. If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning. Whenever you want to talk, He will listen. He can live anywhere in the universe, but He chose your heart. Face it friend.. HE'S CRAZY ABOUT YOU!

It's a wonderful thought, God being crazy about me! Someone so powerful, so mighty and awesome would actually be crazy about some girl who falls asleep while in the middle of a conversation with Him, and who sometimes blames Him for all the misfortune she has faced and who oftentimes humiliates Him because of the way she acts. It's hard to imagine but it is true. This thought hasn't made me hurt-proof, because it doesn't change the fact that I'm human, so yes, I still get hurt by how people try to make me feel. It has done one thing though. It assured me that no matter what other people say or do to me, God cares so much about me! And THAT makes me soooo not worthless! Because if I were, He wouldn't have died on that cross.