Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Isaiah 43:1-7
by: Leota Stevens.
If you read current events in the newspaper, listen to daytime television, or set in on a local teachers meeting you will find yourself bombarded with a repetitive catch word, “self-esteem”. People are consumed with the idea that they must find their inner self and esteem, or highly prize who they are. They worry that one’s self-esteem is fragile and must be bolstered at all times. Well, maybe our energy would be more efficiently used if we focused on the fact that the Creator of Life has already ascribed unfathomable value to the individual. To know you are “God-esteemed” reinforces how precious your life truly is and underscores his assurance that he will be with you no matter what situation you may encounter on your journey home to him.