When I was a little girl, I had a Great Uncle give me a sweet teddy bear whom I named Kenny Bear. I slept with Kenny Bear every night. Eventually I wore all the fur off of him and one day my mother put him in the trash. When I found him, I retrieved him and hid him in my closet for years. Kenny bear was precious to me and so I valued him, even though he was aged, battered, and "Well, this is a great analogy of how we are to God. Even though we are battered and broken, often s

Let's take a look at this very powerful verse in Isaiah 43:4. "Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you." Wow! God is saying that we are precious to Him. Are there others to whom you feel precious? Is there anyone in your life who is precious to you? In God's eyes, you are precious to Him. When I think of the word "precious" I think of gold or various gems. They are rare, special, and very valuable. Their value doesn't go down, in fact, it goes u

"Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you" (Isaiah 43:4). On a scale of 1 to 100%, 1 being "not at all" and 100 being "completely," how much do you love and accept yourself? It is interesting because the Lord tells us to love one another as we love ourselves. But over the years of leading small groups and doing individual counseling, I have been amazed at how few love and accept themselves. In fact, once women really start to be honest, we discov