I had the pleasure to hang out with one of my friends today! We drank coffee, chatted and laughed. As she was filling me in on what new had happened in her life there was a part where I felt sad.
She had went to a car dealership and was treated with disrespect! The salesman was arrogant and talked with her as if she was one of his friends, not a client with whom he should act professional. She said he made jokes about everything,cussed repeatedly and lightheartedly called her the B word! My mouth dropped open at that!
She stayed and heard him out on the rest of his pitch then left upset. At first I thought in my head, "I would have stopped that salesman right there after he called me that name!" But I wonder if I really would have said anything and if so, what?
I have been working on being bold and not settling for less. I was proud of myself a couple weeks ago because when I was served a bowl of soup at a restaurant that I didn't like I actually asked my waitress to take it back and replace it with another dish. The old Alissa never would have dreamed of that! She just would have ate the chips on the table and paid for that bad dish.
I am still coming to realize MY value. I know I will never know exactly HOW MUCH the Lord loves us, no matter how hard I try to wrap my head around it; however, everyday I am coming to see more and more how much He cares and values me. I should value myself as much as he does.
Over the last six months the Lord has been opening my eyes to how dear I am to others, and most importantly to Him!
You formed the way I think and feel.[a]
You put me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because you made me in such a wonderful way.
I know how amazing that was!
15 You could see my bones grow as my body took shape,
hidden in my mother’s womb.[b]
16 You could see my body grow each passing day.[c]
You listed all my parts, and not one of them was missing.
17 Your thoughts are beyond my understanding.[d]
They cannot be measured!
18 If I could count them, they would be more than all the grains of sand.
But when I finished, I would have just begun.[e]
Psalm 139:13-18
I encourage you to stand up for yourselves. When you know who you are in Christ then you won't take those things that people throw at you because you will remember how all throughout the Bible God says you are worth it!
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