LIKE A $20.00 BILL

A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In
the room of 200, he asked, "What is this piece of paper & is it worth any
thing ?"

"It is a $20 bill, encashable in international & national markets for it's
quoted value ?" replied one of the many participants who raised their
hands.

He proceeded to crumple the dollar bill up using both his hands till it
became a bundle of wrinkled paper.

He then unfolded it again and making an unsuccessful attempt to keep it
straight he asked, "Would you still be able to negotiate it for it's
quoted value?"

" Yes !!" was the echoing reply from the participants.

"Well," he said, "Looks like I haven't done enough ! What if I do this?"
And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor
with his shoe. He picked it up, which was now all crumpled, dirty, defaced
& not easy to recognise from a distance.

"Now will some one like to trade it for its quoted value?" Many hands went
in the air.

"I think this piece of currency is still holding its quoted value" replied
a participant in a slightly unsure voice.

"This bill can still fetch goods worth 20 Dollars"
said the other participants. Every one agreed.

"My friends, there is a very valuable lesson in this exercise that we are
just through with. It may have appeared to some of you, that I was able to
deshape, deface, mutilate & alter the $20 bill during the process as the
effects were quite visible".

"However, No matter what I did to this piece of paper, you still upheld
its negotiability because you were sure in your mind that my actions did
not actually decrease its value. It was still a currency note worth $20".

"Many times in our lives, we feel like as if we are dropped, crumpled, and
ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and/or the circumstances
that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless. It may also appear
to onlookers as if it has really happened to certain extent. But no matter
what has happened or what will happen, please remember you never lose your
"Value" in God's eyes. To Him, dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are
 still priceless to Him.."

Values that you cherish are indeed devoid of worldly disturbance & always
are your saviour.


Psalm 17:8 states that God will keep us,"as the apple of His eye."

THOUGHT: The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we are but by WHOSE WE ARE! You are special - Don't ever forget it!