Valuable
Stop making plans to hurt each other. ~ Zechariah 7:10b (CEV)
The eye can never say to the hand, “I don’t need you.” The head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you.” In fact, some parts of the body that seem weakest and least important are actually the most necessary. ~ 1 Corinthians 12:21-22 (NLT)
Lord, even though I would consider myself to be one of the weaker parts of your body, I am grateful to be valued. I don't value myself or others appropriately. But through the sacrifice of Christ you have given me a place of importance in your family. Help me to live up to who I am. I'm going to stop comparing myself to others and others to myself. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
