Ask The Expert

So tonight I was watching this show on TLC called "What the Sell?!" love that name! lol! It's about this mom and her daughters that own an antique shop and people come in all the time to sell stuff to them. On tonight's episode, there was a lady who came in with a beautiful necklace which she's had for about 30 years, and it was passed down to her by her aunt, who got it from her aunt. So it's been in the family for about 60-70 years. She has had it for all these years and has never worn it, so she decided she wanted to sell it. It was kind of a gaudy piece, very costume jewelry-ish, but she thought she could at least get about $300 for it. The women who own the shop are hilarious and they're making comments about the necklace and that they'd probably give her $30 for it, but one of the sisters steps up and says, "you know, I want to call in the expert for this one, you never know". So in comes this British dude with his little gadgets to determine whether the pearls are really pearls and the diamonds are diamonds or if its just all fake. He's also using is eye magnifying glass, looking for the "signature" of the maker. He's keeping everyone in suspense...everyone's expecting it to be a dud...but, as he holds the meter gadget on one of the diamonds, it beeps, meaning it's the real deal, and so are the pearls. Not only are those the real deal, but the piece was made by Cartier, and he estimated the value at $10,000! Needless to say, the woman was floored and said she was going to keep it! Duh!! :)

So, why did I tell you about this episode of "What the Sell?!" sorry I just wanted to say it again! :) Well, because as I'm sitting there watching this, I cannot help but feel like a lot of times we (I) try to look to "others" or "things" to tell us what we're worth, and most of the time what we or they think we're "worth" is not very much. So often we try to rid ourselves of something that we think is of no worth or value to us or anyone else so we sell ourselves short, thinking that all we have to offer is just a dud, instead of looking to the Expert, the One who created us and finding out we're worth more than we ever could have imagined. In fact, we are worth SO much, that he took the one thing that was of greatest worth to Him and paid to have us as His own.

Is there something you're trying to get rid of that you think is a dud and isn't worth anything at all? Could it be a disability? Past hurts? Broken relationships? Whatever it may be, God, our Creator, Designer, Maker, can take ANYTHING that you think is worth NOTHING and make it SOMETHING beautiful. Ecclesiastes 3:11a says: He has made everything beautiful in its time.

Can your Creator's "Signature" be found on you? Maybe today you need to ask your Creator how much you're worth...you might be surprised at His answer! :)
Psalm 139: 13, 14, 17 says it beautifully:
¹³ For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
¹⁴ I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
¹⁷ How precious to me are your thoughts, God!
How vast is the sum of them!