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Our North American civilization judges people by what they produce. Salaries are raised in the business world according to our production: how many items have we sold? How many orders have we brought in? How many insurance policies did we sell? What were our grades in school?
Because of this yardstick, we often measure our own worth this way, as if we were extensions of machines instead of machines being extensions of us.
The incarnation, death, and resurrection of Christ are the true measure of our value. We are worth three hours of agony on the cross. We are worth Jesus’ whole life.
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but night have eternal life (Jn 3:16).
From Light in the Darkness, (2009), p. 77, available from MH Publications
