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b'*I shouldn\\u2019t have even brought this into the fitting room*, Mandy thought.\\n*Dresses like these don\\u2019t look pretty on girls like me.*\\nBut her friends hadn\\u2019t understood her hesitation. They were trying on prom dresses and thought she should do the same. \\nTears stung in Mandy\\u2019s eyes as she took a glance in the mirror. She hated her size and shape. She wished she looked like her friends.\\n\\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Come out and show us,\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d her friends called.\\nMandy swallowed. \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153It doesn\\u2019t fit right. I must have grabbed the wrong size.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d\\n\\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153What size do you need? I\\u2019ll go get it.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d\\n\\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153No!\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d Mandy tugged on the zipper at the back of the dress. \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153I\\u2019m done for today.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d\\nWhen Mandy stepped out of the fitting room in her T-shirt and leggings, the other girls were all wearing the dresses they had found. They looked perfectly petite and happy.\\nMandy slouched onto a chair in the corner of the room, wishing she could be like them.\\nMaybe your story isn\\u2019t exactly like Mandy\\u2019s, but it\\u2019s close. Maybe you feel ugly. Maybe you think that you are too fat or too thin or that you don\\u2019t belong with your friends. Maybe you even feel unworthy of God\\u2019s love because of how you look.\\nBut the inherent worth you have and the love God has for you are not based on your appearance or what others think of you.\\nGod created you in His image, and He loves you so much. You are precious to Him. So precious that He came to die and rise again to free you from sin and the pain and death it causes. If you haven\\u2019t already, put your trust in Him today, knowing your worth is found not in what people think\\u2014but in and through the love of your Creator and Savior. \\u2022 Bethany Acker\\n\\u2022 Jesus died and rose again, and He will one day make all things new, including raising His people from the dead when He returns. Christ died and rose to restore and redeem every part of you. How does knowing these truths help you see how much He values and loves you? \\n\\u2022 If you are struggling to see your worth, who is someone you can talk with about it?\\nThis is real love\\u2014not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. 1 John 4:10 (NLT)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nGenesis 1:26-27; John 3:16; Ephesians 2:4-7'