“Jesus commends and even commands an aspect of self-love, yet there is a difference between loving ourselves and being in love with ourselves. The first rests our value in God; the second demands a value above all others. When we value ourselves properly, we do not devalue others. When we devalue ourselves, we deny our divine value….Loving ourselves is the natural result of yielding ourselves to the selfless love of God.”
- Erwin McManus, Stand Against the Wind
My encouragement for you today is to love yourself the way God loves you, discounting how lovable society might say you are, and then pass that on to those around you. Jesus called us to be the light of the world, and to love our neighbor as ourselves, and even to love our enemies. I would suggest that that kind of selfless love can only be given when we are truly able to love ourselves. Spend time this week praying and asking God what it is that he loves so much about you and start there with building a God-centered relationship with yourself.
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