Working for Worth

This year has been a refining one for me.
Not marked by more accomplishments, but by more clarity.

I’ve been paying attention to the quiet ways I’ve learned to measure my value by productivity, outcomes, and how well I’m perceived. Even when no one is asking it of me, the question still lingers: Am I doing enough?
We confuse achievement with worth because the world rewards productivity.

But Jack reminds me that worth was never something to earn.
Culture tells us to make our mark, to be more, to prove ourselves. It taps into our insecurities and convinces us that purpose is something we must manufacture. Even advocacy…when untethered from truth, can quietly turn into striving for acceptance in a world that struggles to see worth without achievement.

But Jack changed the equation.
Jack is God’s masterpiece, not because of what he accomplishes, but because of who he is. His life reminds me that our worth isn’t tied to what we produce or contribute. It simply exists because we are human, created by God, and deeply loved.

In Jack’s presence, the playing field is leveled, not by raising the bar, but by removing it altogether. Worth is no longer something to prove. It is something to receive.

Real Peace doesn’t come from working harder or being more successful.
Real Peace comes from living into our real purpose.

This journey has challenged me to care less about the opinions of others, real or imagined, and more about staying rooted in what is already true. Not letting the noise of the world distract me from knowing that we are God’s workmanship, His masterpiece.

Jack has taught me that simply being is not passive. It is holy. And maybe the most radical thing we can do in a world obsessed with achievement is this: stop working for worth and remember we already have it.

Blessings to you this Christmas season from my family to yours. May it be filled with love, joy, and peace.

~Carissa