mas·ter·pieceNoun/ˈmastərˌpēs/
1. A work of outstanding artistry, skill, or workmanship.
2. An artist's or craftsman's best piece of work.
The following devotional is from Ron Hutchcraft Ministries entitled Untouchable Worth:
"You've probably had plenty of messages in your life that have made you feel more like the postcard than the masterpiece. Maybe you've been rejected, ignored, hurt, or used. Maybe you've been criticized a lot, put down, and all by people who didn't know who you really are. But because of all those negative messages, you have this lie playing in your brain - "you're not worth much; you can't do much; you're not good enough." Remember it's not your friends who determine what you're worth, or your critics, or your family, or your culture, or your boss. It is your Designer. He gave you your worth the moment you were conceived by Him. "
This was taken from an art website giving the definition of a masterpiece.
"Sometimes, as in the case of Michelangelo's statue of the Virgin Mary holding her dying son - 'The Pieta' - this is a masterpiece that is simply perfect in the same way a rose is perfect, nothing could be added nor anything done to improve it."
You are a masterpiece, simply perfect in the same way a rose is perfect, nothing could be added nor anything done to improve YOU.
Because you were created by the most famous Artist, God himself. Who two thousand years ago died a gruesome death on a cross, rose again on the third day, and is now seated on the right hand of God the Father, interceding on our behalf.
"Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us." Romans 8:34
Jesus is intervening on our behalf!
It also goes on to say that:
Verse 35 "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, sword?"
Verse 39 "...nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
You are loved SO much! We can't even fathom it!
Ephesians 2:10 says:
"For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago."
When you're down and feeling worthless and less than you are; remember, <insert your name here>, you are a masterpiece! The Master Artist created you in His image.
"So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them." Genesis 1:27
God loves you and He has a plan for your life.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11
"For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16
You are loved so much, God's son, Jesus, died for you. So that you could know Him and His Father.
With Christ we find our true value. Some days it is hard to remember we are a masterpiece. I have to remind myself that I am a masterpiece, loved by God no matter what I walk through. So I turn to Ephesians 2:10 and am reminded that I am a masterpiece.
I pray you will find joy and peace in Jesus Christ.
Blessings,
Emily
P.S. I made this note and put it on my bathroom mirror, lately I have had to remind myself that I am a masterpiece. Why don't you write yourself a note, and place it where you'll see it often. Because I don't want you forgetting your worth.
The following devotional is from Ron Hutchcraft Ministries entitled Untouchable Worth:
"You've probably had plenty of messages in your life that have made you feel more like the postcard than the masterpiece. Maybe you've been rejected, ignored, hurt, or used. Maybe you've been criticized a lot, put down, and all by people who didn't know who you really are. But because of all those negative messages, you have this lie playing in your brain - "you're not worth much; you can't do much; you're not good enough." Remember it's not your friends who determine what you're worth, or your critics, or your family, or your culture, or your boss. It is your Designer. He gave you your worth the moment you were conceived by Him. "
This was taken from an art website giving the definition of a masterpiece.
"Sometimes, as in the case of Michelangelo's statue of the Virgin Mary holding her dying son - 'The Pieta' - this is a masterpiece that is simply perfect in the same way a rose is perfect, nothing could be added nor anything done to improve it."
You are a masterpiece, simply perfect in the same way a rose is perfect, nothing could be added nor anything done to improve YOU.
Because you were created by the most famous Artist, God himself. Who two thousand years ago died a gruesome death on a cross, rose again on the third day, and is now seated on the right hand of God the Father, interceding on our behalf.
"Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us." Romans 8:34
Jesus is intervening on our behalf!
It also goes on to say that:
Verse 35 "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, sword?"
Verse 39 "...nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
You are loved SO much! We can't even fathom it!
Ephesians 2:10 says:
"For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago."
When you're down and feeling worthless and less than you are; remember, <insert your name here>, you are a masterpiece! The Master Artist created you in His image.
"So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them." Genesis 1:27
God loves you and He has a plan for your life.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11
"For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16
You are loved so much, God's son, Jesus, died for you. So that you could know Him and His Father.
With Christ we find our true value. Some days it is hard to remember we are a masterpiece. I have to remind myself that I am a masterpiece, loved by God no matter what I walk through. So I turn to Ephesians 2:10 and am reminded that I am a masterpiece.
I pray you will find joy and peace in Jesus Christ.
Blessings,
Emily
P.S. I made this note and put it on my bathroom mirror, lately I have had to remind myself that I am a masterpiece. Why don't you write yourself a note, and place it where you'll see it often. Because I don't want you forgetting your worth.
AWW! I Love the note!! That's so sweet!!!!!! Very well put Emily!!!!! You truly are a masterpiece!! :)
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