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Mary Lowman
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The Christian Working Woman with Mary Lowman exists to encourage, equip and empower workplace Christians in the marketplace.

  1. 24m ago

    Overcoming the Fear of Sharing Your Faith

    Presented by Lauren Stibgen Are you anxious about sharing your faith in Jesus at work? Or are you generally anxious about sharing your faith in Jesus? In general, this anxiety often comes from a place of fear. Fear of rejection, fear of offending someone, fear of being seen as overly religious. Other than fear, perhaps you just don’t quite know what to say when the opportunity comes, or you may have been taught that the only way for someone to hear more about Jesus is to invite them to church. After all, pastors are the only ones qualified to tell them the gospel, right?    As Christians at work, we have a perception problem, and I don’t mean people’s perception of us! We have a perception about sharing our faith that is adversely impacting the Kingdom. One study showed that 42% of Christians were afraid about sharing their faith, stating that they had not shared it with someone in the past 6 months.1 But interestingly 56% of Americans report that they are interested in hearing more about the Bible and Jesus!2 So, with almost half of believing Christians not open to sharing faith with the 56% of Americans open to hearing, the Word of the Lord proves true:    The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few (Matthew 9:37).   What is even more concerning is that a recent Barna study cites that 56% of Christian adults keep their spiritual life entirely private.3 They don’t share at all! We are not meant to do faith in isolation.    The overall terrain we are in for sharing our faith is difficult. Consider Jesus’ words:  If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also (John 15:18-20).  Jesus promised us many good things, but he also cautioned of the sacrifice we would face as his followers and more importantly in our work as his ambassadors. The word ambassador comes from the Latin root of ambactus, meaning servant. The servant or ambassador in these verses from John is not greater than his master.   As we consider how we represent Jesus as ambassadors in the workplace we really need to consider what Jesus says about the reality of this role but not let this overwhelm us with anxiety!    Knowing about this persecution and understanding our adversary can help us prepare for the reality of the role we have in sharing our faith. Let’s think about why we are persecuted in this world—at work or even in general. We are in a foreign country, ruled by the prince of the power of the air, not in the heavenly realms. More specifically, we can count on the devil to try to thwart our good efforts to serve our kingdom!     1 Peter 5:8 states, Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.   We must be watchful and aware that this can happen at any time, and when we are discouraged in our serving, we need to consider this verse.  Considering this worldly terrain, I can understand fear from a biblical perspective, but the fear and anxiety we have about sharing our faith at work is rarely about our real adversary. Our fear is based in worrying about being rejected when we try to share about Jesus. The statistics I shared with you should be your first level of encouragement to share your faith! You have a 50/50 chance of the person being willing to hear what you have to say!    Fear and doubt. We have all faced this, especially when we are sharing our faith with someone at work. The enemy wants to sow seeds of self-doubt to thwart our efforts!    You have been there. People notice you are different. Maybe you are positive when it seems like you shouldn’t be. Perhaps it is how you lead and provide feedback to your team. Are you more uplifting than anyone in your office? Always looking to be a mighty encourager and coach? Are you offering help? Maybe you have even bought a coffee for someone who seemed like they were having a bad day.     As ambassadors, we show our faith by saying no to certain things that others engage in at work. Whether it is gossip or not attending a happy hour that seems to happen often, you may feel like you don’t fit in with your colleagues. Rest assured that your absence from both gossip and even a wild happy hour honors the Lord, and you are being his servant at work by not engaging.     Are you showing up and reporting something that needs to be brought to light? Maybe it is a simple compliance issue, or it could be something more egregious like theft. This is being Christ’s ambassador.    All these actions are sharing your faith at work. They are ways to be an ambassador without even telling people about your faith.    But what if someone calls you out for sitting out? How will you answer? It is easy to walk away from gossip and to reply no to an outing, but what if someone asks why? What happens if someone gets upset when you report the wrongdoing?  Or what about when someone inserts a small comment, “You are so different than everyone else here! Why are you so positive all the time?” They simply want to know about your joy!     1 Peter 3:13-17 outlines the expectation of our reply:   Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened.” But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.   First, there is no harm in doing the good and being passionate about it! But, again the reminder is we may suffer for it. And then more encouragement—have no fear and always be ready to share your faith! Better good with God than bad with the world that we truly don’t belong to.   But what if your greatest fear comes true, and your sharing is met with offense?    Jesus was not alone in his ministry. We know he called the twelve disciples. We also learn that he sent them out two by two and gave them authority to cast out unclean spirits. But he also had some very practical advice about their service—accept nothing in exchange for their services and this:   And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, leave that place and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them (Mark 6:11).  Shaking dust from one’s feet had much more cultural significance back in Jesus time. It was a reference to cleansing oneself from being among Gentiles. So, Jesus was suggesting that the people who did not listen had no place with God.    This is different from the gentleness and respect we learned from 1 Peter. Jesus basically instructs, if they don’t like your serving, move on!     I think sometimes this is what Jesus would advise us today—not to give up, but that sometimes we need to walk away to discover the next best opportunity to share our faith.    Remember, the disciples were boldly proclaiming the kingdom of Jesus and healing people. It was very radical! Perhaps some of the serving you do for work is radical. Maybe your primary vocation is as a missionary. Taking Jesus’ advice in this instance may be the safest and best way to continue your mission. However, I would gather that most of us are serving our roles as ambassadors in traditional work environments, and you cannot easily just move on and shake the proverbial dust from your feet.    If sharing your faith with a colleague doesn’t go over well, take care to respect their boundaries. You never know when an opportunity will come up again in the future.    What about being anxious about what to say about your faith?    Jesus has equipped us for every good work of service we will do as his ambassadors! In John 14:26 Jesus tells his disciples: But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.  We have the Holy Spirit as our guide to help us through these very scenarios of anxiety when we don’t know what to say.    Maybe people know you go to church and pray for things. Maybe you have even prayed for someone at work. Awesome! Remember, some people will never know about Jesus if they don’t hear about him at work! Let’s think about this in action.  You prayed before work to talk to a colleague about coming to church with you. They know about your faith, and you have prayed with them. You arrive at the office and suddenly you worry: what do I say? What if they won’t talk with you anymore? In that moment of anxiety and doubt, turn to the words of Jesus in Matthew 10:19-20:    …do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.   Stop and pray: Holy Spirit, guide my words!     One of the pieces of advice I continually tell my children is that the answer will always be no unless you ask the question! Be bold for Jesus knowing that he sent you a helper, the Holy Spirit.    Perhaps you are anxious because you don’t feel qualified and this makes you hesitate to share your faith! 1 Peter 2:9 tells us that we are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession. 1 Corinthians 3:8 states that we are God’s fellow workers. And Mat

  2. 1d ago

    Are You Creating Peace? – 5

    Presented by Lauren Stibgen How confident are you in Jesus? More specifically, in your most anxious times, how much are you trusting in him as your greatest peace. Let’s return to John 14, Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. There are so many reasons we can come up with to say this is easier said than done. One of my favorite prayers in this moment echoes the desperate father in Mark 9:24: Lord, I believe, help my unbelief. In my most anxious moments when I don’t know what to do, this is the short prayer I utter— often out loud. Sometimes on a walk. And, yes, on repeat. I desperately want the confidence that my fellow followers of Jesus had when he was performing miracles in their presence. When I am sick, I think about the bleeding woman in Mark 5:25-34 and Luke 8:43-48. She bled for 12 years. She sought every treatment possible and exhausted her resources. She was socially isolated due to her condition. Was she anxious when she set out to see Jesus? Maybe. But she had so much confidence in his ability to heal her, that she went anyway. When a loved one is sick, I think about the father wanting Jesus to heal his demon possessed son. I think of Mary and Martha who called for Jesus when their brother Lazarus was sick only to have him die. Martha ran to meet Jesus and, in her grief, she said: Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died (John 11:32b). In John 11:40, Jesus tells Martha: Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God? Jesus wanted her to have full confidence in him even when she was anxious about unsealing Lazarus’ tomb. I want the confidence of the people who were in that crowd of 5,000. They trusted Jesus for teaching and probably never expected that they would be fed. But he provided for their every need. When I am lacking, I want to trust in Jesus that he will provide for me, even when I am anxious about my physical needs. I want the confidence of the disciples. Wow! Think about them seeing Jesus perform so many miracles and then Jesus basically says, your turn! Found in three of the four Gospels, we are told that Jesus instructs them to heal and drive out evil spirits just like he did! Were they anxious? I bet they were! But they had confidence in the one who was sending them—Jesus (Matthew 10, Mark 6, Luke 9 and 10). Jesus, our peace calls us to release our anxiety and have confidence in him alone. Pray with me today: “Lord, I believe, help my unbelief!”

  3. 2d ago

    Are You Creating Peace? – 4

    Presented by Lauren Stibgen Busyness. We all succumb to it. Just how busy are you? If you are too busy to know if your patterns are creating anxiety in the people at work, then I would ask you to consider how available you are to the people around you. If you are running from meeting to meeting and task to task like the proverbial chicken with its head cut off, take a moment to pause and consider what you aren’t seeing. Jesus had the very best eyes to see what was happening around him. Now, one might argue that he had a God-sized advantage in all of this, but the way he saw people and taught his disciples to see people is a model for us today. Are you seeing the person who doesn’t seem to quite fit in with others. Maybe they have a reputation that precedes them. Perhaps they have something outside of work causing them anxiety, which in turn has caused them to retreat. Like Jesus, do you extend time to get to know them? Think about how Jesus treats Zacchaeus. He was a tax collector and not very well liked. And he was described as small in stature. As crowds of people followed Jesus, he stopped to call out to this small, unliked man to have dinner (Luke 19). With a spring in his step and a who-me attitude, he wholeheartedly turns from his sin. Take time to see someone. Perhaps offer to have lunch or a cup of coffee. You never know how your presence may be the peace they need in the moment. You can’t be available if you are too busy to be present to others. Jesus also modeled something to his disciples that many of us need help with—delegation. Jesus’ ministry grew rapidly. Think about the 5,000 people who had gathered to hear Jesus. They needed to be fed. Aside from the miracle of the bread and fish, Jesus instructed his disciples on how to organize the crowds and distribute the food (John 6). Later in the book of Acts, as the church continued to grow, the disciples were hearing grumbling that some of the gentile widows were not being served. They selected 7 deacons or leaders to help ensure that these widows were being served (Acts 6). Your presence in reflecting kindness and care like Jesus and the disciples may depend on reducing your own anxiety by delegating! You simply can’t be peace if you are anxious yourself.

  4. 3d ago

    Are You Creating Peace? – 3

    Presented by Lauren Stibgen Communication, both clear and unclear has the power to bring peace and anxiety to your workplace. After all the Word tells us that: The tongue has the power of life and death (Proverbs 18:21). The weight of this verse alone should remind us how important words can be. Are communications in your office anxiety-laden or peace-giving? Gossip is one of the most common anxiety-causing forms of communication in the workplace. Consider these Proverbs: A perverse person stirs up conflict, a gossip separates close friends (16:28). Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down. (26:20). Is there someone among you who seems to stir up conflict or perpetuates rumors? This surely creates anxiety at work. The Bible tells us simply not to do it. If you are in a position to address others who are gossiping, you should. I always suggest asking questions. For example, Do you know if that is true? How? Have you talked with so and so about this directly? Ephesians 4:29 tells us: Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. Can you leave people around you feeling built up? At times, gossip is an outcome of unclear or ambiguous communication. Have you ever been in a situation where people knew something was happening, but they didn’t know what? If you have worked in a privileged leadership role, you may be aware of organizational changes before others. When asked, you are caught in the balance of holding the organizational confidence or needing to leave out pieces of communication. Think of the disciples. Jesus spoke on numerous occasions about his death in the form of parables before clearly telling them what was happening (Matthew 21:33-36, John 12:24). They were stunned when he clearly talked about his suffering, death and resurrection (Matthew 16:21-23). Communicating as clearly as you can, when you are able, can help create a more peaceful work environment. Sometimes, if you have been stuck with piece mail communications, a sincere, “I am sorry I could not be clear before” can help ease tensions. Are you a peace-making communicator or anxiety-creator? Pray for God to help you bring more peace today!

  5. 4d ago

    Are You Creating Peace? – 2

    Presented by Lauren Stibgen How are your relationships at work or the relationships between the members of your team? Whether you work in an office, hybrid, or remote, relationships matter. And it doesn’t matter what position you hold. Manager, subordinate, or peer, you have an opportunity to create peace at work. What causes anxiety in work relationships? The disciples of Jesus argued on more than one occasion about who was the greatest. Consider how Jesus, their leader, addressed them each time. In Luke 9:46-48, the Word tells us an argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest. Jesus brings forth a child and tells them: For it is the one who is least among you all who is the greatest (Luke 9:48b). Later, in Luke 22, after the institution of the Lord’s supper, the Word says: A dispute also arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest (Luke 22:24). Jesus, again directs the disciples, telling them that: Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves (Luke 22:26). Competition in the office can create a great deal of tension between team members. How can you display an attitude of service to others? Can you take opportunities to be a champion of teamwork that allows everyone to win? While we may not experience direct disagreements between people about being the best, what is your personal posture about your position at work? Do you approach your position with humility or pride? Are you an I colleague or a we member of the team? This doesn’t mean you aren’t accomplishing things that move your career forward, but it does mean achievement is balanced in your success. If you are knocking others down to get where you want to be, this is surely not peace-giving to your work environment. And what about comparison? The disciples were surely comparing themselves to one another. We also see this comparison between Mary and Martha in Luke 10: 38-42. Martha is busy running around cleaning and cooking and preparing for Jesus and the disciples, and Mary is sitting at the feet of Jesus, learning. Jesus tells Martha that Mary is choosing the right action in the moment. I can almost feel Martha’s anxiety in this moment. If you are always worrying about what others around you are doing, you are sure to drive yourself crazy! How can you find peace in doing your very best today?

  6. 5d ago

    Are You Creating Peace?

    Presented by Lauren Stibgen Often as we reflect on our faith at work, we think of how our belief helps guide us through some pretty challenging situations. But how much are we thinking about how our faith is reflected to others and creating reactions to our colleagues, bosses, and subordinates? I want you to answer this question: are you creating anxiety or peace at work? Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid (John 14:27). In John 14, Jesus tells us he is leaving peace­—his peace. The world cannot give peace like Jesus. Our difficult task each day is to reflect more of Jesus and less of this world. Let’s face it, this world is full of anxiety-causing matters, and work can only compound them. People experience anxiety from issues ranging from financial matters to health challenges to relationships. This anxiety can be compounded by things like overconsuming caffeine, lacking sleep, and even skipping meals. Anxieties create real physical issues for us, and a seemingly vicious cycle of things that just create more anxiety. Is your work environment creating more financial stress for people? Perhaps an impending layoff or a freeze on raises is looming. Maybe your company is changing health plans. This could create anxieties about coverage for someone facing significant health issues. How is your office culture? Is it causing people more anxiety? Considering how much time we spend at work, each of us has an opportunity to create more peace for the people around us. As we think about our peace in Christ, take time to consider some of the ways we can be better peacemakers than anxiety creators.

  7. Oct 24

    Worrying is Worthless Part 2

    I remember a song we sang when I was young: “Why worry when you can pray?” Well, it’s a good question, isn’t it? Why do we worry when Jesus has clearly told us not to worry? Worrying is truly worthless!    In part one I read this familiar passage from Matthew 6:25-34. I’m sure you’ve read it many times, but let’s read it once again. Jesus said:   Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.    In this passage there are at least three reasons why we should not worry if we belong to God through faith in Jesus Christ. They are:    Because of who we are—we are more valuable than birds. Because it never does any good. Because it’s a bad testimony.   Worry is a function of your mind, your thoughts. So, to stop worrying, you have to change your thought patterns. And in order to change your thought patterns, you have to replace wrong thoughts with right thoughts. So here is one thought that can stop you from worrying:    You have a heavenly Father who is taking care of you.    Jesus said in Matthew 6 that our heavenly Father knows what we need and will provide for our needs when we seek first his kingdom and his righteousness. Now, this may cause you to ask some questions, like “Why doesn’t God answer all my prayers if he is taking care of me?” That’s what we expect a father to do, right? I think of my own father, and I am certain that if he could have met any need I had, he would have done it, and he often did.    Sometimes it seems that our earthly father is more predictable than our Heavenly Father. Most earthly fathers can be counted on to do anything they can for their children. Yet often our Heavenly Father doesn’t come through for us the way we think he should, or the way we want him to. Does he love us less than our earthly father? Why doesn’t he act at least as good as my earthly father would?     The answer to that is because he has a different agenda for us from our earthly fathers. He has an eternal agenda, and his purpose is to conform us to the image of Jesus Christ. The daily transformation which needs to take place in our lives often comes through unexpected—and sometimes unwanted—ways.     Spurgeon, a great preacher of the 19th Century, wrote: “O blessed acts of sorrow that cut a pathway to our God by chopping down the tall trees of human comfort.” Isn’t it true that the difficulties and uncertainties of life are the things which teach us to depend on our Heavenly Father? Even when you’re in the midst of tough times and you don’t see how God is taking care of you, you should not worry, because he is working everything out for your good. And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose (Romans 8:28).     Now, I fully recognize it’s a lot easier to say those words than it is to live them. Believe me, I’ve gone through trials where trusting God to make all things work for my good did not come naturally or easily. And the worrying had to be abandoned many times; it’s not just one quick application of Romans 8:28, and everything is fine. It is a process of choosing to believe and replacing the worrying thoughts with faith-building ones. That takes spiritual muscle and maturity, and we build those into our lives with practice.     Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 10:5 that we must take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. I have found that to be a daily task, something I must intentionally do. So, when worry sets in and your thoughts are taking you in that direction, you must choose to abandon those thoughts and replace them with thoughts that will bolster your faith. You must literally capture those worrying thoughts and make them obey Christ—to think about all you have to be thankful for, to remember that God has promised to take care of you and to remember that worrying is worthless.    The battle is in your mind, and you stop worrying when you change your thought patterns. I’ve written a book on this topic—Think About What You Think About—because I believe most of our problems begin with wrong thinking. It’s certainly true in my life; as soon as I allow my thoughts to get out of control, to think about things I should not be thinking about, that’s when worrying moves in, and I become a worry-wart, as we say!    Philippians 4:8 says we are to think about what is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent and praiseworthy. When you’re worrying, it is often because your thoughts are not true, certainly not noble, never admirable or excellent or praiseworthy. So, we need to stop worrying. And you do that by replacing wrong thoughts with right ones. It may only last for a few minutes before you start worrying again, but if you will simply keep replacing wrong thoughts with right ones, soon you will build spiritual muscle and you’ll discover you’re not worrying nearly as much as you used to.    Jesus said we should not worry about tomorrow. Isn’t it true that most of our worries are about tomorrow? What’s going to happen? What if this happens or that doesn’t happen? We allow our minds to conjure up all kinds of possible scenarios that frighten and worry us. Jesus knew this and he specifically tells us not to worry about tomorrow, not to borrow trouble from tomorrow.   I know some friends who were trying to make a decision about a major move in their life—moving from one place to another and altering their current lifestyle dramatically. As I talked with them, I realized they were considering this move based on being fearful of tomorrow, trying to make sure nothing bad will happen in the future. Obviously, we should be properly wise in preparing for the future, but there’s no way any of us can know what the future holds. Going through Covid taught us that, right? Worrying about the future, making decisions out of fear, goes against this simple directive from our Lord—not to worry about tomorrow.    The Proverbs 31 ideal woman is described as a woman who can laugh at the days to come (Proverbs 31:25). She is a woman of faith who simply refuses to let her fears of tomorrow hold her captive.    In Matthew 6:30, Jesus says to his disciples that their problem is they have little faith. You of little faith, he said to them—and I think he must say it to me and you as well. How do you have more faith? Well, the Bible says faith comes by hearing and hearing the Word of God. So, if you’re worrying a lot, it could be because you’re not spending enough time in the Word of God, and therefore your faith is weak.    When I have some concern on my mind and it’s starting to become a worry, if I will just sit down and read the Word, something usually comes alive and ministers to me just where I need it. But if I don’t do that, the worry only gets worse.    Worry is like the check engine light in your car. You know when that light goes on something is wrong with your car, and you need to have it checked out. Well, when you are worrying, it’s a warning light that something is wrong spiritually. Either you’ve forgotten who you are in Christ and how your Heavenly Father has promised to take care of you. Maybe your faith is very weak because you’ve not spent enough time in the Word of God. Or perhaps you’re not truly seeking first God’s kingdom. Other things, other people, other activities have taken first place in your life.  We know from Scripture that Jesus was fully God and fully man while he was here on earth, and we know from Hebrews 4 Jesus was tempted in every way, just as we are—yet without sin. That means Jesus was tempted to worry. As he was on the Mount of Olives before his arrest and crucifixion, we read in Luke 22 that he was in anguish when he was praying to his Father, so much so that his sweat was tinged with blood.     But note how Jesus dealt with this anxiety—this overwhelming worry. He prayed, …yet not my will, but yours be done (Luke 22:42). Amid the worst kind of worry and anxiety, he submitted to God’s will for his life. He rested in the knowledge that his Father does all things well; his Father could be trusted; his Father had good plans for him, even though those plans included the cross. After he prayed like this, an angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.    Well, we have an even better help when we’re worried. Hebrews 2:18 says, Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. Remember, when we are overcome with worry, we are sinning because it means we are not trusting God. Well, Jesus understands that temptation to worry, and he is able to help you when you’re tempted to worry.    Let us then approach God’s throne of grac

  8. Oct 23

    You Are Precious to God! – 5

    Do you really believe you are precious to God? We all need someone to value and appreciate us and to tell us we’re doing a good job. And here’s the good news: The God of all the universe knows your thoughts before you think them; he knows how many hairs are on your head; he knows when you sit and rise; he is intimately acquainted with all your ways. And he loves you with a love that cannot and will not change. You are precious to God. It always comforts me to know that God knows the worst about me, and he loves me still. As I said, some things are loved because they are valuable, and some things are valuable because they are loved. You and I are valuable mainly because we are loved by God. It doesn’t matter what others may think. After all, you are loved by God, and it doesn’t get any better than that! Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands… (Isaiah 49:15-16). Moms, did you ever forget your nursing child? Maybe you could forget a five-year-old for a minute or two, or a twenty-three-year-old for an hour or two. But could you ever forget the child you are nursing? No, of course not. But even if a mom might forget, God will not forget you. God has engraved you on the palms of his hands. That means it’s permanent, non-erasable, can’t wash it off. Why? Because you are precious to him—valued by him, counted worthy by him. If you will accept this by faith, you can start down the path of freedom. Freedom from anxiety, discouragement, and even depression; freedom to put all that behind you and go forward to do the good things God has planned for you to do.

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