We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us is someone valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit
~ e.e. cummings (Source: "Inward/Outward" from the Church of the Saviour)At the deepest level, is it not God who reveals our value and worth and sacredness? Q&A 1, "My only comfort... that I am not my own... but belong... to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ." If we're counting exclusively on imperfect people to reveal to us our infinite worth, we're apt to be disappointed, right?
When I come to know that God calls me "Beloved Child of Infinite Value," then I can believe...
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