{"id":2421,"date":"2013-10-03T00:00:10","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T05:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.twocities.org\/?p=2421"},"modified":"2013-10-03T10:04:19","modified_gmt":"2013-10-03T15:04:19","slug":"how-to-determine-your-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/?p=2421","title":{"rendered":"DETERMINING YOUR WORTH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rg_i\" style=\"width: 327px; height: 154px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/t3.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT87Dfaj0Pnims0BqTHl3sSyVBHP29XOB6Jo1JcJ9VJTS5v9B2fvQ\" name=\"fGArs7aqnBV8bM:\" data-sz=\"f\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Either we have inherent worth or simply instrumental worth. \u00a0If we are not created in the image of God our instrumental worth puts our worth on shaky ground. \u00a0We are just tools that have value as long as we can produce. \u00a0But what happens when our production slows down or stops altogether?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It is no wonder we live amidst such insecurity. \u00a0People feel driven to keep producing. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Many also feel the pull to keep reinventing themselves when their present perception of their image seems inadequate. \u00a0And since there is no innate worth to the way God has made us, there becomes the delusional pursuit of constant self-improvement projects. \u00a0Some may seem like longer roads than others, but all are cul-de-sacs. \u00a0And so reinventing the self begins anew.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In the biblical account of creation, the man and woman are pronounced very good before they produce anything. \u00a0God is pleased simply because they mirror His image.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Either we have inherent worth or simply instrumental worth. \u00a0If we are not created in the image of God our instrumental worth puts our worth on shaky ground. \u00a0We are just tools that have value as long as we can produce. \u00a0But what happens when our production slows down or stops altogether? It is no [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2421"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2426,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421\/revisions\/2426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}