"For ye are bought with a price:
 therefore glorify God in your body,
and in your spirit, which are God's"
-- 1 Corinthians 6:20

For a long time now, I have collected sports cards.

It started when I was about 16 years old.  My SISTER (of all people!) brought home some baseball cards and told me that they might be worth some money.

I went to the local grocery store and bought a price guide to see what the value of the various cards was listed as.

And I've been collecting them on and off ever since.

My current interest is golf cards.  Since I began playing golf about a year ago, I have gotten interested in collecting a few golf cards here and there.

I bought a pack of golf cards at a Target store while on a short trip last week.  And I pulled out a card that actually has small strips of two different professional golfer's shirts embedded in the card.

Not a bad find!

So, I found myself buying another price guide to see how much the card was valued at.

While my interest in cards isn't solely monetary, I do enjoy seeing how much the cards I have are "worth."  And in order to do that, I consult a price guide that keeps up-to date on the current prices of the majority of the popular cards.

Did you know that there is a price guide for just about everything?  I mean, there are price guides for Barbie dolls, Hot Wheels cars, coins, stamps, toys, antiques, automobiles, plates, furniture --- just about anything you can imagine.

There is also a price guide for humans.

Did you know that?

There is actually a price guide that you can look up the value of people inside.

It's called the Bible.

You see, the Word of God records YOUR value and MY value.    It tells us that "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." (John 3:16).  It also lists, " while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 8:12)

Want to know  your value?  Want to see what you are "worth"?  Check the price guide.  Look it up in the Word of God.  And you'll find that you are loved by the Father so much -- your value to Him is so great -- that He would send His very Son to die on the cross to pay for your sins.

In order words, you are PRICELESS to the Father.

Christian, we all go through those times in our lives that we feel of low value.  Know what I mean?  Those times when our self esteem is low -- maybe we made a mistake or did something foolish or just feel like no one really cares.  It could be that we doubt our significance or have little assurance or wonder if God even cares about our lives among the billions on earth.

Maybe it's time we pick up the Price Guide!

Take a look inside, today, Christian.  And you'll find out YOUR value.  You'll find that God loves you and values you so much that He showed the greatest act of love ever recorded when His own Son shed His blood on the Cross.

What greater price could He have paid?

"For ye are bought with a price..." -- 1 Corinthians 6:20

Have a "Wonderful DAY in Christ,"
Jimmy D. Brown
\o/ Praise Jesus!