Rediscovering Your Worth and the Worth of Others: Lessons from the Prodigal Son
Like so many people, I often struggle with feeling valuable, particularly when navigating any number of dark valleys in life. Sometimes we struggle with self-worth because of something we have done or experienced. Maybe we lost a job or made a terrible, costly decision. Other times, the struggle is because of how someone else has treated us. If someone else treats me as worthless, then I might decide that I am worthless. Maybe our self-worth takes a hit when we look around and compare ourselves to someone else. There is always someone who is better at what we do or whose life appears to be easier or more perfect. One of Jesus’ most familiar parables portrays this issue of self-worth – the story of the prodigal son, as recorded in Luke 15.