Seeing What God Sees

For a long time, well into my twenties, I thought I was who my parents said I was.

After that, I wrestled with who some other person said I was. Now I’m in my sixties and I know the Truth. But my road to Truth started a long time ago when I first heard The Big Lie.

The Big Lie is: You are only valuable if another person says you are.

The Big Lie is the foundation for:

• Racism – You don’t look like us or talk like us, so you’re not valuable.

• Class and age discrimination – You’re no longer productive. We don't need you.

• Euthanasia -- You’re consuming resources a healthy person needs. You’re dispensable.

• Discrimination against people with disabilities – You’re not productive enough.

• Abortion – You are a small human inconsistent with my life goals. You’re expendable.

Fight the Big Lie! The Truth is that every person has intrinsic value because GOD established the value of every human being. God made us in HIS image – we can think, and reason, and communicate, and love – He has a plan and purpose for us. Every one of His offspring are precious to Him. Read Genesis 1:26-31. We are “very good” workmanship.

A person’s true identity is realized when she trusts Christ alone for her salvation. She understands that Christ died as a substitute for her sins and rose from the dead to prove that death and sin had been conquered. She receives the gift of forgiveness, eternal life in relation with God, and the Holy Spirit’s power to live each day. People can live transparently. We don’t have to “measure up!” God’s grace overcomes the Big Lie!