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Worth - a Christian perspective
What are you worth in God's eyes? You're worth much more than, say, a bird--but look how much God cares for those birds. Won't he take even better care of you?
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2012:6-7&version=NIV
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Replaying Your Performance
Beyond our intrinsic, God-given worth, it's the kind of person we are that matters to God. That's worth much more than the kind of performance we give. We need to be praising people for how generous, how compassionate, how unselfish they are - strengths for which there are no medals, but the strengths that really make a difference in people's lives.
http://hutchcraft.com/Blogs/Ron-s-Blogs/Replaying-Your-Performance
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - No Paper Plates - #5615
I think most people feel like paper plates. They've been put down, they've been hurt, they've been neglected, they've been compared, they've been ignored, backstabbed, abused, and they feel pretty worthless. And they are throwing themselves away. Maybe you've been doing that. It's a lot of waste to throw yourself away. You could throw yourself away socially by the friends you choose, or academically by not trying or just giving up, you could throw yourself away alcoholically, chemically, romantically with the people you date, sexually, musically - by the music you listen to, or even suicidally. And here's what's so tragic about that. God didn't make any paper plates!
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/No-Paper-Plates-5615
David Brainerd : It's All Worth It
Monday March 7. This morning when I arose, I found my heart go forth after God in longing desires of conformity to Him, and in secret prayer found myself sweetly quickened and drawn out in praises to God for all He had done to and for me, and for all my inward trials and distresses of late...
http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=9706