"Your Value "
Pluto is finally getting some respect, or disrespect, depending on your point of view.
Pluto may be off the official list of planets in our solar system, but "plutoed" has been named the 2006 Word of the Year by the American Dialect Society, according to a January 7 Associated Press story.
According to the AP story: "To 'pluto' is 'to demote or devalue someone or something,' much like what happened to the former planet last year when the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union decided Pluto didn't meet its definition of a planet."
Other words considered include "murse" (man's purse) and "flog" (a fake blog that promotes products).
Well, we don't live on "planet" Pluto; we live on planet earth. We have not been devalued as earthlings; we have been valued. Because of the incalculable price paid by Jesus Christ in giving His life for our salvation, we are worth more to God than anyone can imagine. And earth became His salvation headquarters. And earth will be God's dwelling place when sin's presence is finally banished for good.
Don't let anyone, or any negative experience, devalue you when you are worth the life of God's precious Son in His eyes! "Don't be afraid, I've redeemed you. I've called your name. You're mine" (Isaiah 43:2).
--Pastor Ivan Blake |
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