Self-Esteem

Each month my day planner focuses on a different topic. For the month of July the topic is self-esteem. The following is what it says:

To think more highly of ourselves than we ought is pride. But to think less of ourselves than we ought is false humility. In one sense that can be pride too: pride in our supposed humility. In between these two there is an honest appraisal of our own worth, and that is self-esteem. The Bible’s message is simple God values us highly because He loves us deeply. But we mustn’t think we are sufficient for God. Our sufficiency is in the Lord. Our value is tied to the value He places on us. That makes us people of great value indeed. Allow God to work through you to accomplish great things for Him.

“You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!”
Psalm 139:13-14

“You are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:26