We all have things we need to work on, but as long as we are up and doing, never lazy about it; we can be comforted that our creator is pleased with us. He may not be happy about every decision we make, but he is happy with us.
BREAKING NEWS: God wants us to feel good about ourselves. He wants us to have a healthy view of our lives. When some people make mistakes, they are extremely disapproving and fussy of themselves. They punish themselves and say things like, “you are bad. You have blown it again. You are such a disgrace.”
Guess what? God knew you won’t be perfect, He knew that you would have weaknesses, faults, flaws, sore points, wrong cravings – He knew all these before you saw the light of day, before your conception and still chose to love you.
The worst thing you could ever do to yourself is to go through life being your own enemy. There are so many people who are not comfortable in their own skin. They focus on all the bad things in their lives without knowing that negative introspection is the root cause of many life – long problems because they will not be able to get along in relationships. They are insecure, they do not enjoy their days and there is no peace in such a life.
Matthew 22:39: love your neighbour as yourself.
The requirement, precondition, sine qua non to loving others is to love yourself. If you do not have a healthy perspective of yourself, and if you don’t respect and accept who you are (including your deficiencies and all) you will never be able to properly love others.
UNDERSTAND THIS: you can’t give what you don’t have! If you don’t love yourself you can’t be able to love others. If you are constantly fighting with yourself, feeling terrible about yourself, feeling insecure, unattractive, defeated, beaten, broken, battered and condemned, then that is all you can share with others – because that is all you have.
However, if you will sincerely recognize that God is working on you, and in spite of your past, mistakes, inadequacies you can learn to accept the life God has given you. Then you can share that love because you have it and you will have healthy relationships. You may have lost somethings but you understand that God is the reason why you have not lost everything. You are not a finished product yet God is still working on you every day. You are not where you are supposed to be but you are also not where you used to be.
I read a very touching story:
A man and his young son were hiking up a mountain. Suddenly, the boy slipped many yards down the mountainside. Fortunately, he was able to hold on to something. Nothing happened to him but he was very afraid. So, he shouted, “somebody, help me!”
A voice answered, “somebody, help me!”
The boy looked very surprised and confused and said, “Who are you?”
The voice shouted too, “Who are you?”
The boy became angry. “You are a gutless!” he screamed.
The voice replied, “You are a gutless!”
The boy shouted again, “you are a fool”
The voice replied with the same intensity, “You are a fool”
Now the boy’s dad had got to him and helped him up. The boy asked his father who it was. The father took a deep sigh and said, “Son, that’s called an echo but it’s also called life.” He said, Son, let me show you something.” The dad shouted, “You are a winner!”
The voice answered, “You are a winner!”
The man shouted, “You can make it!”
The voice replied, “You can make it!”
“Son, that’s exactly how life is”, “you get what you give”
So start giving positive signals. “I am blessed. I am above only. I am unique. Lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places. Things can only get better for me. I am the righteousness of God. I am accepted!”
we love you
