What does valuable mean? It means something of great worth!
When you go to a jewelry store the most valuable, precious jewels and diamonds and gold, is in a case. They are guarded. They are protected. They can’t be easily touched. In fact, you have to have permission to touch them. To handle them.
When my husband was purchasing me a new diamond (oh yeah!!) for our 10 year anniversary we went to the store London Gold. When we went to open the door, it was like a cage! They actually had to buzz us in to allow us to see their diamonds!! Crazy! But, the diamonds that they have in that store are super expensive and they have a high value!!
Diamonds have tremendous VALUE! They are of high worth.
We know that they are valuable because we cant touch them.
French fries are cheap! You can find them on every corner! They come in a paper sack, grouped together, and they look and smell like all the other french fries! There is no uniqueness! There is no value in a french fry!
But you are like a diamond. Did you know that YOU are valuable? You are of great worth!!
God says: that you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a perculiar people – to inhabit all the praises of the earth. And in Proverbs 31:10, it says, "who can find a virtuous woman? For her worth <value> is far above rubies."
Virtuous means: - strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army
Your value begins in your heart. And then it becomes evident in your actions.
YOU ARE A DIAMOND. You are the precious stone in the case at the jewelry store. And let me tell you something, if you see yourself as that diamond, nothing and no one can devalue you.
See a diamond would never be out on a counter for everyone to see, to touch, to text, to call. A diamond doesn’t just come with a happy meal. LOL!! A diamond has her boundaries. She knows she’s the prize and she’s confident. She knows that there will be a day, when the man of her dreams will come, and when he does he will find her and take care of her and love her, as Christ loves the church!
YOU ARE THE DIAMOND. Boys, on the other hand, are the hunters. They search for the most beautiful, most perfect diamond in the whole world. They hunt. They are about the hunt.
Boys don’t like to be chased. They like TO chase. Deep down they want to know that what they are chasing is not easy to find, but is the diamond of all diamonds. Now they may pay attention to the french frys too, but they won’t ever take a french fry seriously. French frys are easily disposed of. Boys want to hunt for something that is hard to get. This is the thrill of the hunt for a man. So what are they hunting for? The diamond in the case. The untouchable diamond.
Diamonds don’t text hunters.
Diamonds don’t call hunters.
Diamonds don’t let hunters in their bedrooms.
Diamonds are happy to be securely in their case, until their prince charming hunter finds them.
Don’t be a french fry!!!!
