“Actions speak louder than words. We can apologize countless times, but if our actions don’t change, those words lose their meaning.” Mother Teresa

Without true repentance there will be no modification of behavior. And those empty words spoken by others will ring hollow, and insincere. Our trust will erode away, and feelings of invalidation will soon take over. While thoughts like, “I’m not important.” “I have no value.” or “I don’t really matter to them.” will invade our mind. But God’s Word tells us that, “God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.” (II Corinthians 5:21) So no matter what others say about us, through the Gospel Message, the perfect righteousness of Christ has been imputed by God and received by us through our faith alone. And in God’s eyes we are of great value and importance to Him.