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by Dennis Wheeler
Some of you may remember that back in the early 1980's Cabbage Patch Dolls made their appearance and became the rage. Every youngster wanted a Cabbage Patch doll...but they were hard to find. In fact, folks would line up for hours before the toy stores would open in hopes of getting a Cabbage Patch doll for their child or grandchild. Incredibly, many toy stores had to break up fights as parents would get into fist-fights over Cabbage Patch dolls and some folks were willing to pay inflated prices just to finally get a Cabbage Patch doll. I know my dad went to incredible lengths to finally get a Cabbage Patch doll for our oldest daughter, who was 6 years old then. And we still have the doll...Mimi Kathleen.
Then...something horrible happened...FAKE Cabbage Patch dolls began to circulate!!
However, there was a way to tell an authentic Cabbage Patch doll from a fake one . . . a 'real' Cabbage Patch doll had the signature of its creator, Xavier Roberts, sewn on its backside.
May I give you a dose of encouragement today by reminding you that you are worth more than a Cabbage Patch doll.
You are priceless!!
You are a gift to the world!!
You are signed by the Creator Himself...God!!
You are His work of art!
You are created in His image to do good deeds!!
You bear His signature!!
You are authentic!!
You are significant - - not because of what you do - - but because of Whose you are!!
He serves as the Senior Pastor with southwest Virginia church... a loving church family in Abingdon.
He and his wife Sharon have been married for over 27 years and are the proud parents of two beautiful daughters, one son-in-law, and two precious grandchildren, the second arrived arrived on the scene in September 2004!!
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