A.Joseph
Puritan Board Senior
Is the idea of loving yourself before you can love others biblical?
Personally, I have plenty of tendencies that will probably require a lifetime of undoing and breaking down. There's a lot inherent in me that is not only not lovable, but diametrically opposed to where my faith is leading me. So I'm not sure I want to love myself. In fact, I think I could use some annihilating so I can be reshaped into something that is not myself. I think I'll always be restless in myself. I dont naturally love deeply. I like and care about my fellow man. I love and will bleed for my family. But me? Im just in the way....
Personally, I have plenty of tendencies that will probably require a lifetime of undoing and breaking down. There's a lot inherent in me that is not only not lovable, but diametrically opposed to where my faith is leading me. So I'm not sure I want to love myself. In fact, I think I could use some annihilating so I can be reshaped into something that is not myself. I think I'll always be restless in myself. I dont naturally love deeply. I like and care about my fellow man. I love and will bleed for my family. But me? Im just in the way....