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So here is a twenty dollar bill. Nice and crisp, just got it from the gas station, okay? So I know you want this, right? You could buy a lot of candy with it, or some movie tickets, or whatever you want, as long as it’s under twenty bucks. BUT, what if I decided to crumple it up? Yeah, not nice and crisp, now it looks like its been stuck in my wallet for a year. It’s not nice looking, and since I didn’t mash my hands today, a little bit dirty. But you still want it? Okay, okay, I’m gonna do something bad to it. Throw it down, step on it, man, I’m gonna rub dirt on it and everything. NOW look. Dirty, messed up, nasty, and looking like it went through WWII. None of you can POSSIBLY want this now, right? I mean, look, you can’t even tell that it’s a twenty anymore. But what’s that? It still IS a twenty? You’re telling me that even though it’s dirty, and nasty looking, it’s still worth the same amount to you? Wow. Maybe that’s how God feels, right? Even though you look totally different from what you started out as, and you’re all messed up, He still knows how much you’re worth. He can still use you to buy twenty dollars worth of stuff. You are still valuable. Pretty neat.