My mother was a trash to treasure kind of woman. She could
spot something sitting on the side of the road, take it home and remake it. It
would sit in its new place of honor and no one could tell it had ever been a
castoff. I find myself doing the same thing. A rickety rocker or a bent frame
can have a new life by a simple touch of a delicate hand.
God speaks to my heart: I’ve been a castoff. You may have
too. Someone made a personal private decision that you were no longer worthy of
their time, their presence or their attendance. So to the curb you went. You tried to make yourself believe you were
going to be okay, but the wind and the rain and the scorching heat as you sat
in despair drenched you with sorrow. You wished, you hoped, you dreamed.
But before the trash truck can thoroughly destroy you, there
comes One on the scene who has fallen in love with you. He has a place just for
you; to display you in His home of grace, surrounded by His fields of
blessings. This honored spot in His home is protected by goodness and mercy and
unwavering devotion.
He picks you up, me up, all up and gracefully bundles us to
Himself, holding us very closely and tenderly right near His heart. Although
others are laughing and making fun – for you see they only see with their
natural eye. They see tatters and rips, rusty edges and broken glass. They
think the One who is carrying you is foolish for even bothering. Some are even
mad that the thing they threw away in derision is now loved passionately by
Another.
The simple touch of the delicate hand of the Master, the
hands that were nail pierced along with the side wounded for you, has taken you
in! You are no longer trash, you have become treasure! You have been Redeemed,
Renewed, Restored! You are fragile indeed as He sits you in His Kingdom for His
admiration and use. Everything about you is beautiful, perfect and useful.
Oh beloved, who told you that you were trash? Who cast you
off? Who decided you weren’t worth knowing, loving or friending? Who spoke
deceitful things about you? Who left you wounded on the edge of the street?
What is the truth about you? Is it the truth that you were
dumped like so much junk? Or is it the truth that you, although considered
worthless by others, have been bought with a price above all rubies? Which truth you decide to live in is the
truth you will become. And it is the truth you will share with others.
Run to the One Who picked you up out of the gutter and only
sees you as priceless! He is your King and your God. But He is also your worth
and your value. Others may spend their whole life on worthless things, but God
gave His whole life because you are of extreme value to Him. The truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the truth is what God says about you. And He
spreads the sweet fragrance of your worth around the world for others to be
encouraged and set free from their own dumpster of lies.
Rejoice that God loves you extravagantly and watches over
you continuously. He said you were worth it, and therefore you must walk in the
light of His Truth every day of your life!
Psalm 72:14 He will redeem them from oppression and
violence, for their lives are precious to Him.
Isaiah 43:4 Since you are precious in My sight, Since you
are honored and I love you, I will give other men in your place and other peoples
in exchange for your life. (NAS)
Matthew 6:26 Look at the birds of the air, that they do not
sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not worth much more than they? (NAS)
Psalm 139:17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O
God! How vast is the sum of them! (NAS)
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