If you want to know how much you matter to God, look at Christ with his arms outstretched on the cross, saying "I love you this much, I would rather die than live without you."
The moment you were born into the world, God was there as an unseen witness smiling at your birth. He wanted you alive, and your arrival gave him great pleasure. God did not need to create you, but he chose to create you for his own enjoyment. You exist for his benefit, his glory, his purpose, and his delight. It proves your worth. If you are that important to God, and he considers you valuable enough to keep with him for eternity, what greater significance could you have? You are a child of God, and you bring pleasure to God like nothing else he has ever created. Because of his love God had already decided that through Jesus Christ he would ake us his children-this was his pleasure and purpose. He wired you with five senses and emotions so you can experience it. He wants you to enjoy life, not just endure it. The reason you are able to enjoy pleasure is that God made you in his image.
God loves you just the way you are, but he refuses to leave you that way. He wants you to be just like Jesus.
Do the best you can. The Lord doesn't expect more than that. Our perfect Father does not expect us to be perfect children yet.
Whom I love I also chasten.
In our Father's eyes, we are literally worth everything.
