VESSELS.

Are you one of those people who like essential oils? I do. I mean, I only use the same few because I can’t remember what they all do and I just don’t have the brain space. But I like them none the less. If you’ve ever seen the little bottles, you know they’re all pretty much the same. It’s a small, dark, glass bottle and the label tells you what’s inside. All of the vessels are the same, but they cost a REALLY wide range of prices. There are bottles that run around $10, and bottles that run around $100. It’s wild. The same little bottles, wildly different values. So what makes them different prices? It’s what’s inside. The value of the bottle is determined by what it holds.

So if you’re a Christian, you’ve probably heard the whole line of thinking that we are vessels. This is exciting because it means that our value is determined by what we contain. And if as a Christian, I believe that the very spirit of God dwells within me, that’s pretty pricey. If you’ve ever felt unworthy, or undeserving of something in your life, what made you feel that way?

I sometimes feel guilty for having money or food or housing when some of the places I visited in Africa have nothing. I feel terrible wanting more money or better health or to redo my kitchen when there are children starving to death. I feel guilty for small things, like getting to sing on a stage with lights and cameras at church, when there are people standing in the cold rain directing traffic. Sometimes I’m waiting on the other shoe to drop.

I’ve been working on mindset a lot. Delving into meditation and abundance mindset and all of that. But sometimes I struggle. Am I even allowed to have an abundance mindset? Why should I get out of debt and build wealth and have the house of my dreams when there are people who can’t even eat?

I don’t know why some people struggle and others don’t. I don’t know why I get to be born in America and not in a war zone. I will probably struggle with that forever. But I do know that I am not unworthy. I’m not unworthy of my dreams. Because I’m just a vessel. And what I contain is the source of life and love and hope. And the value of a vessel is determined by what’s inside.