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The woman pushing the cleaning cart through the Gibson Center knows something most of us forget: who you are matters more than what you do.

7:15 AM sharp. “Good morning,” Tanya says, her smile lighting up the darkest corner of the Gibson Center for Behavioral Change. She pushes a cart full of cleaning supplies like a master gardener tending prize roses with purpose and dignity.

She wipes counters, scrubs sinks until they shine, tackles toilets with the same care, and empties trash bins most never notice. Tanya even remembers to straighten the chairs in every room. But here’s what hits me hardest: Tanya doesn’t just clean. She transforms the space.

The world asks, “What do you do?” and judges us by the answer. We hand over job titles like they say everything about who we are. But our worth runs deeper than our daily tasks or business cards. Our true value flows from who God created us to be, not what we produce.

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Tanya moves like a honeybee in spring, rarely stopping, always with intention. Beauty follows her. She doesn’t see herself as “just a cleaner.” She sees herself as a caretaker, a guardian of rooms where people fight for healing, learn through group therapy, and grow toward emotional wholeness.

She serves with quiet strength because she knows God gave her specific gifts: compassion, attention to detail, and the ability to see beauty in what others consider ordinary. That’s what makes her work powerful.

“She works as an overflow of who she is: a beloved daughter of the King”

This same truth transforms how we see ourselves. God made us His children not because of what we accomplish, but because of who we are to Him. Before we ever picked up a tool, wrote our first report, or served our first customer, He had already claimed us. His love secures our worth. Not our performance. Not our title.

💬 “His love secures our worth. Not our performance.” – Click to tweet

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I’ve learned this by watching Tanya. She doesn’t clean to prove her value. She already knows it. She doesn’t serve to earn love. She already has it. She works as an overflow of who she is: a beloved daughter of the King, using her gifts to bless others.

That understanding changes everything. When we realize our value is rooted in God’s design, not in what we do, we can serve with joy instead of striving. We can rest instead of performing. We can work as worship, not for validation.

Tanya shows me this truth every day. She transforms rooms not because her value depends on it, but because her value empowers it.

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What about you?

When you strip away the job titles and accomplishments, who has God made you to be?

“Strip away everything you think defines you, and what remains? That’s where your real story begins.”

Strip away everything you think defines you, and what remains? That’s where your real story begins. That’s where Tanya found hers, one room at a time, one smile at a time.

Here’s what I want to know: Who’s the Tanya in your life? Maybe it’s the person who stocks shelves at your grocery store, or the janitor who empties your office trash, or that maintenance worker everyone passes without seeing.

This week, I challenge you: Look for one person whose worth isn’t defined by their job title. Just one. See if you can spot their true value hiding behind their daily tasks.

Then come back and tell me: Where did you find it? What happened when you chose to see differently? I read every comment, and your stories of seeing worth matter more than you know.

Because here’s the truth: The world has enough people rushing past with their eyes on their phones. But it could use a few more people willing to see the image of God in everyone they meet.

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About Joe Class III A storyteller using active voice to capture everyday events in natural language. “The best stories come from discipline and hard work.” When Joe’s not writing at midnight in coffee shops, he’s probably talking through ideas to one of three imaginary cats.

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