Saturday July 12, 2025

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Even all the hairs of your head are counted. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. (From today’s Gospel reading)

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Good News Reflection for:

Saturday of the 14th Week of Ordinary Time
July 12, 2025

Today’s Readings:

Genesis 49:29-32; 50:15-26
Psalm 105:1-4, 6-7
Matthew 10:24-33
bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/071525.cfm
Podcast:
bible.usccb.org/podcasts/audio/daily-mass-reading-podcast-july-12-2025

Don’t underestimate your value

Too often, instead of listening to our Divine Daddy tell us who we are, we believe what our parents, our teachers, and other significant people have said about us. A parent who says, “You’ll never amount to anything!” may have meant this as a challenge to encourage us to strive for our full potential, but the child in us absorbed it literally. The words destroyed our self-image, our personal value.

Intellectually, we may have disagreed with the assessments of others, but deep inside, where the child blindly trusts those in authority, the child’s interpretation of the words has taken root.

We have many false notions about who we are and how important we are to the Father. Joy comes from being set free from lies and embracing the truth. The lies need to be erased by the power of God and replaced with his words. How much time have you spent examining what is good in you — and believing it? Let your Divine Daddy teach you about how much he values you!

God knows us exactly and intimately. We don’t. Rather than assume we are so bad, so ugly, or so unlikely to be extraordinary servants of God, we need to take time to listen to him describe who we really are. We need to ask him to remove the blinders of low self-esteem.

Low self-esteem says that we are far from being who we’re supposed to be. It also says that we will never get there. Abba, though, esteems us highly: “God demonstrates his love for us this way: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (See Romans 5:8.)

Yes, we have sinned. Yes, we are far from perfect. But the moment that we chose to believe in the redeeming sacrifice of Jesus, the Father esteemed us so highly that he called us saints!

Do you think of yourself as a saint? Saint Paul said that all who are loved by God are saints (Romans 1:7). Both the Old and New Testaments refer to the people of God as saints. Accept the fact that this is how God sees you. Begin to see yourself that way! You’re a saint who’s still being perfected by the pilgrimage to Heaven.

To continue to live with low self-esteem is like telling God, “You’re wrong about me.” How dare we contradict God! He says, “As for the saints on Earth, they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight.” (See Psalm 16:3.)

For more on this — to heal low self-esteem or shattered worth — read my book The Father’s Heart. See tothefathersheart.com.

© 2025 by Terry A. Modica

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