This is something I have been taught, but internalizing it, is a different matter. I was diagnosed with depression, anxiety, and ocd a few years ago and it was not until that time that I was willing to see how my thinking was skewed. I hated myself and I did not see any point in living. God saved me through family and friends who convinced to get the help I needed. While I still struggle with these illnesses one thing it has taught me is that we all have intrinsic value as we are children of the Most High God. When I get into a deep depression I found that helping other people and putting their needs before my own would help me climb out of the abyss. Even without my depression I have found that we have trouble seeing ourselves as God and others do.
I recently read a book called It Had to be You by Susan May Warren the two main characters Eden and Jace live under false impressions of their images and worth. Eden has always felt like she is there to support her family and she has nothing else to offer. While dealing with her younger brother Owen's discovery of fame as a hockey player she butts heads with the team captain, Jace. While they are fighting their mutual attraction to each other they run across a young man in a come without any identity. Eden and Jace both with reasons of their own start their search for his identity and in the process realize their own worth and a new purpose. The book is on sale as an ebook this week only, check it out.
Have a good read,
Nina
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