A Love Affair

It may sound selfish because the world has misused love and self. Yet Jesus said, in Matthew 22:37-40 (NIV), “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

Love God with all your heart, soul and mind, and love your neighbor AS YOURSELF.

Meaning, how can we love anyone else if we have no love for ourselves? If we don't love ourselves.

I literally know this already. I don't know how many times I have said yet I have failed to follow the command. I judge John and am not always loving toward him because of how I feel toward myself. 

It's hard to accept this abused, mute, introvert is now healed, confident, and courageous. It intimidates me, why wouldn't it intimidate John? I know myself, to be myself I need to love myself. Until I love myself I can't love Jihn the way he needs his wife to love him. I can't be consistent in my love to Kamea and I certainly can't lead others in a loving relationship with themselves. 

All that stuff I was saying in the recording today, I need to implement. I need to go through the process I would teach in order to love who God has called me to be. 

To love self is to be okay with the true self.

Do I love myself enough to save my marriage?