There is a story of a beggar who was sitting across the street from an artist’s studio. The artist saw him and thought he would make an interesting portrait study so from a distance he painted the defeated man whose shoulders drooped, and whose eyes were downcast and sad. When he was finished, he took the portrait over to the beggar so he could look at it.
“Who is that?” the beggar questioned. The painting bore a slight resemblance to himself, but in the painting before him he saw a person of dignity, with squared shoulders and bright uplifted eyes, almost handsome! He asked the artist, “Is that me? I don’t look like that.”
But the artist replied, “but that is the person I see in you.”
Psalm 139:14 says, “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” We are delight to God’s eyes regardless how you look, what you go through, or where you are. However, it is a greater pleasure to God when we walk in faith for we cannot please Him without faith (Heb. 11:6). So lift up your head, straighten your shoulder, and take a deep breath and say, “I am worth it!”
See the picture God had painted of your life on canvas called John 10:10b, “I have come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”
Have a wonderful weekend!