Jackson Boulevard Christian Church   ~   Reverend Larry L. Jackson - Pastor

2413 West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: 312-733-1547   ~   Fax: 312-733-1547   

Church Email:church@jbccdoc.org ~  Pastor Email: revllj@jbccdoc.org   ~   Website address: jbccdoc.org

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June's Devotional Lesson
(Disciples of Christ)
Jackson Boulevard Christian Church

A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20.00 bill. In the room of
200. He asked, "who would like this $20 bill?"
Hands started going up

He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you, but first let me do this.  He proceeded to
crumple up the $20 dollar bill.

He then asked, "who still wants it?"  Still the hands were up in the air.
Well, he replied, "what if I do this?" And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it
into the floor with his shoe.

He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty.  "Now, who still wants it?"
Still the hands went into the air.

My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson.  No matter what I did to the money,
you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value.  
It was still worth $20.

Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the
decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way.  We feel as though we are
worthless.  But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your
value.  Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who DO
LOVE you.

The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by WHO WE ARE and
WHOSE WE ARE.  

You are special!!! Don't EVER forget it!!

Share this message as you may never know the lives it touches, the hurting hearts it
speaks to or the hope that it can bring.

Count your Blessings, not your problems.....
~~If God brings you to it - He will bring you through it.
“$20.00”