A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill.
In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $20 bill?" Hands
started going up. He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you,
but first, let me do this." He proceeded to crumple the dollar bill in
his hand. He then asked, "Who still wants it?" Still the hands were up in the air. "Well, what if I do this?" And he dropped it on the ground
and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up,
now all crumpled and dirty. "Now who still wants it?" Still, the hands
went up.

"My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter
what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease
in value. It was still worth $20. Many times in our lives, we are
dropped, crumpled and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and
the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are
worthless. But, no matter what has happened or what will happen, you
will never lose your value in God's eyes. To Him, dirty or clean,
crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless.