Do you ever look in the mirror and just hate what you see? You probably know all the things you’d change about yourself right now without even having to think about it, right? Maybe you’ve been overlooked or left out. Maybe you know how it feels to be the punchline in everyone else’s joke. Maybe you know what it’s like to have a parent you can never please. The real problem about being in a situation like that is that you can start to believe the talk. You can start to see yourself as expendable and invisible. It’s easy to simply accept the idea that you don’t matter and never will when so many things in your life seem to reinforce that idea. If people say it isn’t much and it doesn’t look like much, what if that’s because it really isn’t all that much? If you’ve fallen into believing that line, you need to take another look at Jesus. He was the poor kid of an unwed teen mom from a hick town and important people publicly threw His illegitimate birth in His face. When people started saying He was the Messiah, other folks would say, “What, from Nazareth? How could anything good come from there?” The Scriptures tell us He wasn’t good looking or attractive, but just a completely plain looking person. He didn’t have the right kind of upbringing or education to be in a position of power. People made fun of Him and accused Him of being a drunk and demon possessed. He didn’t look like anything special, but He was the Savior of the world. No matter what your life looks like, God sees the real you and He loves what He sees.
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