Meet the ugliest doll ever!
For more than 6 months every time Princess and I go to the craft store, she has picked up this doll and carried it around with her. Even when Princess first found her, she was ugly. She had a blue tinged face, wiry hair, and was naked other than her shoes. She was in a display box with other dolls - pretty dolls - dolls that I felt were much better than this one. But Princess was drawn to her. Princess named her Cinderellabella the very first time she saw her. Over time, sitting in that display box, the doll had lost most of it's hair and one of her sleepy eyes. Still, Princess would seek her out every time we went in. I warned her as we entered the store each time that perhaps she would not be there. Cinderellabella always was.
Yesterday, she finally asked if we could bring her home. My first instinct was to say "no way." After all, the doll wasn't worth paying for- it was broken, used up, defective. But I saw the love in my daughter's eyes and couldn't say no. What I did say was that she would have to ask the price of the doll and she would have to pay for it herself. If she truly wanted this ugly doll then she would agree. She did.
The store owner told her it was a dollar. My opinion was that it wasn't worth that much. The owner would never be able to sell this doll in it's current condition to anyone other than my daughter. But my sweet 4 year old agreed and brought Cinderellabella to our home.
She rushed to show this rag tag doll to her siblings. When dad arrived home, this was the first thing she told him about. It now goes everywhere with her. This unkempt, broken, marred doll has become her prized possession. I didn't get it...
Until I did. This morning God showed me something special about this situation. I am sure you have already seen it. I'm a little slow sometimes. I had seen only an ugly doll, while my daughter saw something of great worth. Much like God sees the worth in each of us.
We are all less than perfect. We have our own versions of an off color face, an eye that doesn't see. We are each flawed in some way. We are less than beautiful, even if only on the inside. Many may view us as less than desirable, choosing to walk on by, to overlook us in favor of something they deem somehow 'better'. Jesus, however, sees our true worth, much as my daughter saw worth in this doll.
He seeks us out at every opportunity and loves on us. He values us so much that he paid a price that was much to high just so he could give us a home. Jesus is proud of us and loves us unconditionally. While the world may see the ugly doll, Jesus sees each of us as a beautiful treasure.
It's days like this that I wonder if God gives us children so we can teach them, or so they can teach us. I learn so much about Him through them!
Romans 5:8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Zephaniah 3:17 The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.
Until next time,
