Google defines value to be a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed. The definition could make it seem like this numerical value would be a easy number to compute. For material things supply and demand is a easy way to determine their value. But when it comes to the value of a human being, how much more difficult is it to measure what we are worth.
Even before school begins we as humans are trying to determine how much we are valued compared to others. Just ask a little boy who just got a baby sister, who does his mother loves more. In elementary school we measure value by what order we are picked on the playground. Or maybe even by comparing what they got for Christmas between the children at school. In High School are value seems to be placed on what group someone belongs to or what kind of stuff someone may have. Everyone uses these examples in many different stories and ideas, trying to explain how this is wrong and it should and will change as people get older, and they do. In college some people will place their value in what their going to be, or how they are going to change the world or maybe how much money they are going to make when they get out of school how they will be worth so much. After getting out of college there are still more ways to feel that someone is valued. They might make extra money that someone else not have or maybe even how many people they have helped. For even others it may be how much value they add to a team, maybe even to the extreme of how much more they are needed than others in the organization. Why do you men are known for their mid-life crisis ?
As humans its so hard to see our numerical quantity. We look to our peers, to our family, members of the opposite sex, our jobs, or our things. So the question is where do you look ? Do you look to your parents ? or do you look for value from your check at the end of the week ? The truth is, any of these will fail you. So the next time your looking for your numerical quantity, try turning around and counting the scars in christs' hands and feet.
