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Proverbial Girl Day 2

SAY WHAT?

Your results are inaccurate if you measure yourself with the wrong thing.

BREAKDOWN: She was my cousin and she was beautiful. Not only was she beautiful, but she had everything she wanted and everything that I wanted, too. I remember going to her house to play. Her room was every girl's dream: pink and white with a beautiful canopy bed in the middle, and a Barbie dollhouse almost big as my own! While I was happy to play with her, I secretly measured my value and worth to her beauty and the things she had.

Against what do you measure your worth? When determining who's taller, we use a ruler. When deciding the right amount of liquid in a container, we use a measuring cup. When looking to see how much weight we gain or lose, we use a scale. How silly would it be to measure your weight with a tablespoon, a glass of water with a ruler or salt on a scale? Pretty silly, huh?

"For her price is far above rubies." Her price is known because her worth has been measured properly, using the correct system. We can never get the true worth or value of anything when we measure its value using the wrong measuring system.

A Proverbial Girl never measures her worth by outward people or things. Measuring ourselves by other things and people causes low self-esteem and leaves us feeling insecure. A Proverbial Girl knows her true value can only be determined when she measures it by the great potential the Father has already placed on the inside of her.

HI GOD, IT'S ME!
Thank you for creating me in your likeness. I understand that because I was created in your likeness I am priceless. Teach me how not t o measure myself against my friends, but instead appreciate my friends', and my own, worth. In Jesus' name, Amen.

LIVE IT OUT: Read Galatians 5:22-23. Take a moment to measure where you are in life by the Fruit of the Spirit. Circle the characteristics you now have and underline the ones you need to work on.

Have a blessed day!!

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