I Matter

Luke 15:3-6
"So Jesus told them this story: 'If a man has a 100 sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won't he leave the 99 others in the wilderness and go to search for the one that is lost until he finds it? And when he has found it, he will joyfully carry it home on his shoulders.'"

In the busyness of my life and caring for three young children, I can often feel like I am invisible. The demands of my family cry out and I respond, quickly and efficiently. If I am not careful, my own needs get swept under the rug, only to be tripped over later as I collapse into a glob of emotion. I sometimes wonder, "Who is looking out for me? Who is fighting for me?"

This passage speaks to my weary heart. In it, I hear Jesus telling me, "You matter to me. You are important to me. You are worth searching for, fighting for and rejoicing over."

One of my favorite scriptures in the bible is in Isaiah 49:15-16 "Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me."

If you are feeling invisible, forgotten or without value in this broken world, know that the God who made you sees you, is fighting for you and has you carved on His hands.