To know I have worth

Some days are wonderful and some days just aren't. Sometimes there is no reason why I feel down or unproductive. And then there are the times when I wonder what I am doing with myself. I have no college education and I often have a longing to go out and make something of myself... I have hardly been out of the my little corner of the United States and sometimes I wish for travel, adventure and culture... I live on a tight budget and I wonder what it would be like to experience all the finer things in life... 

So, what am I doing with myself? What am I worth to this world?

 And then today as I was going down this self destructive thought pattern, a profound thought hit me like a brick wall.

 My worth has nothing to do with this world. 

It has nothing to do with how smart I am or where I have been or how much money I have, or how others see me.

My Heavenly Father has already given me my worth. Because even before I was born my soul was given a price so high it cannot be given value. We are of an Infinite Worth. We have been of value, we have been loved, we have been of worth long before we were born and we will continue to have worth long after we leave this world. Giving us our infinite worth. Every single one of us.

Would I still like to go back to college? Of course. Would I still like to travel the world? Yes, please!  Would it be nice to have more financial  freedom? Most definitely! 

But one thing is different. I will no longer place my value- my worth as a human being, on the fact that after I finish typing this I will go back to my endless pile of laundry, a sink full of dishes, meals to cook and diapers to change. Because what I am doing is one of the most important callings I could have on this earth. I am a mother, I am a wife, I am a daughter, I am a sister, I am a friend.

 I will see my worth as my Heavenly Father sees me. 

 A daughter of God, doing an important work.  

Fulfilling my destiny...

And that gives me unmeasurable worth.