Last night as I was driving my girlchild to an appointment I asked her if she was special. After reading/hearing a lot of chatter about the various ways we label children I wondered about her take on the whole thing. After 13 years on this planet did she feel special? And if so, why? :Here's her response:
Everybody is special.
me: If everybody is special is anybody truly special? (just wanting to get her thinking)
Well, special comes in 2 ways. You are special because you have a talent at a task, like you are good at a sport or at school. And the second way you are special is because you have value. Somebody puts worth or value on you so that makes you special. The thing is we look at people to give us value or make us special or to take it away. People think they are not loved so they don't feel special or they think they are more special because they are better at something than somebody else. We forget that the reason we have value or are special is because we are loved. And we are ALL loved because God loves us, he loves all his children. He loves them all the same, so while we are so busy trying to prove that we are special He already did. If we would rest in His love then we wouldn't be so concerned about being special by anybody's standards.
me: **crickets** (I mean come on how do you add to that??)
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