A huge amen to Mel’s post, “Do You Love yourself?” Go read it, it’s awesome.
Something that took me the longest time to realize, bullies don’t love themselves. Addicts don’t love themselves. Prideful people don’t love themselves. Abusers don’t love themselves. Narcissists don’t even love themselves, in fact it is often the “self” that has fractured and split away in that particular disorder.
When we don’t love ourselves properly, we are also unable to love God fully, and unable to love anyone else. This really is the essence of our faith and it is reaffirmed throughout the bible. One of my favorites is the woman with the perfume, “her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.”
God said we were worth dying for. He made a tremendous investment in us. We actually don’t honor that great love of His with false humility, perpetual shame, or self loathing.
I could write volumes on this issue, but I’ll spare you today and just leave you with Mel’s words, “True humility is agreeing with God, regardless of what we think about ourselves.”
Tiribulus said:
Mel’s words, “True humility is agreeing with God, regardless of what we think about ourselves.”
I’m still really hoping for the day when either one of you has any idea what this means.
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insanitybytes22 said:
Trib! How nice to see you. I hope you’ve been well?
As to your comment, I pray this truth resonates and goes deep within your soul. I’ve yet to meet an unpleasant person who truly understood the depth of God’s love for them. 🙂
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Mike said:
As often as possible.
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Debbie L said:
I love this! It’s so true. And it reminds me of the phrase, “hurt people hurt people.”
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Abby said:
Simply blown away. This should be one of those things on a poster outside a shop window or hanging in a doctor’s clinic when you’re feeling pretty low about yourself and happen to read this random thing. Love yourself. Great article!
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