"You see, life's hard. We may get some affirmation during the course of the day, but in some workplaces people receive very little edifying. And family situations may not be particularly healthy or encouraging. But our message from God each and every day is, "Child, you are tremendously significant to Me. You are everything to Me." Christ says, "I laid down My life. Your love to Me, child, is better than My life." Do you understand what He's saying? Loving you was better than sparing Christ's life. And He wants to tell you these things before anybody else begins to tear away at you during the course of the day, before you are worn and torn by the interactions and activities of the next twenty-four hours. He"