Mark 12:30-31
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your
soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” There
is no commandment greater than these.”
In this scripture I think it is easier
to do the first commandment than the second. You may or may not agree but here
is my take on this. I think it is easier to love God than ourselves or our
neighbors sometimes.
To love our neighbor as ourselves starts
with us loving ourselves. I don’t know about you but I wrestle with this quite
often about loving myself especially since in the last 6 or 7 months I have
gained over 70 pounds because of all the prednisone I have to take. I hate being as heavy as I am.......
In my closet I have 3 different sizes of
shirts which are xl, xx and xxx. It depends on where I am at in my weight with
my meds on which section I take my clothes from.
I have lost most of the weight before and then gained it back. I have
to keep reminding myself that God loves Nate for Nate no matter what size Nate
is. Sometimes there is just more of Nate for God to love.
I am enough for God not matter what I
look like and I need to love who I am if I am going to be able to love others. If I can accept me, it is easier
for me to accept others. If I can’t accept me it hinders my accepting others.
When we can learn to love and accept ourselves
despite what we think and see as our flaws, (which are the things that God sees that makes
each person special.) It opens the door for us to also love others no matter
what imperfections we think they may have. We
all are made in the image of God.
God
doesn’t look at our imperfections, he looks at our potential. When
God looks at us, he looks at us like parents look at their newborn baby, they
only see their beautiful baby.
Each one of us is enough for God just as
we are. Whether you have freckles or no freckles, whether you are heavy or skinny,
whether you are tall or short. God says you are enough and he has a plan for
your life.
Part of that plan is for you to love and
accept who you are so you can begin to love and accept others.
Today is the day to say “I love
me because God created me just as I am and I am enough for God and He has a plan for my life”
Repeat that to yourself,,,,, “I love me because God created me just as
I am and I am enough for God and He has a plan for my life.”
Now give yourself a Hug!!!! Because you love you!!!! God loves you.
Now start
loving other!!!!!!
Just a thought…..
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