My value and worth is not based off of things of the world. (Luke 12:15)
I am not 100% sure that that is what the scripture is saying, but when I read it that is immediately what came to mind. So many of us, base our worth off of what we have or don't have. With us girls we "aren't worth anything" because we aren't pretty enough or have the right clothes. For guys the world tells you that you aren't good enough if you aren't super rich and successful or have a lot of women around you. Its sad. But this is one thing that I love about the scriptures; we have all of these ideas in society that make us think less of ourselves and in the scriptures, even though it was written thousands of years ago, we can still find comfort and answers to these problems. We can be assured that, no matter what, we are always worth something and that we can find peace in the Savior's teachings. The scriptures I feel were way ahead of their times. Someone knew we would be having problems and knew through the spirit what to write so that we could be happy even in this wicked time.
I posted this to our class discussion board and one of the students commented on it saying that he feels it is more a class problem instead of a gender problem. He is very right. Our world is all about getting to the top class and being as wealthy as humanly possible. WHY!? I was thinking about it the other day and after you earn so much money it loses its fun! Why have all of that money? There are only so many things you can spend it on anyway. I feel like I would get really bored with all too much money. I would eventually start giving it away to charities or friends/family who needed it. I guess I am the type of person who doesn't need a lot of money. I just need to be able to take care of my family with what I have.
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