Is loving yourself wrong?
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Today, co-writer Paul Marc Goulet wrote the message of “A Miracle Every Day”. I pray his message and audio will bless you today.
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Loving yourself is one of the most controversial concepts that I’ve ever seen. It reminds me of the lyrics of an old ’70s song by Luther Ingram: “If loving you is wrong, I don’t want to be right”. In other words, if loving myself is wrong, I don’t want to be right.
Many Christians have tried to convince me self-love is bad, ungodly, conceited or self-centered. I’ve called this type of belief “toxic faith”.
Faith is a word in the Bible that refers to a set of beliefs. Someone can have a belief that the world will end tomorrow or that all Christians should celebrate Passover every Friday. These are all types of beliefs, and each person will have his/her reasons for believing a certain way.
Many Christians have beliefs that have been passed down for generations. For example, the view of poverty or chastity or the concept that all flesh is evil, and only spiritual things are good. The concept of self-loathing comes from the belief that all flesh is evil. The ancient monks used to beat themselves as a sign of spirituality.
Do you believe that your body, personality, likes and dislikes are bad? Or is your body really the temple of the Holy Spirit? Do you believe that God loves you just as you are, or is He simply putting up with you? It’s hard to love yourself if your theology comes from the Dark Ages.
The Bible clearly says that we should “Love your neighbor as [you love] yourself”. (Matthew 22:39, NIV)
If you don’t love yourself, how can you love anyone else? The verse says that we can love others in proportion to our self-love.
So please take a moment and love yourself just as you are.
You’re a miracle.
Paul Marc Goulet
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Thank you, Paul Marc, for sharing this today!
I never looked at that scripture that way. As permission from Jesus to love myself. Yeah I often quote hat scripture as a way of loving others, loving others as Jesus did, but not for me directly that I need to love myself too. Thank you for that. Now I won’t feel guilty when I want a bit of quiet time to take care of me. :)
Thank you! I so needed this word today….God bless you….and how can I get that book?!❤?
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Wow this is an eye opener. Thank you
We often say “love the sinner hate the sin.” Hearing this made me realize we have to apply it to ourselves. We should love who we are but if we have sinful behavior we shouldn’t love that. Does that make sense? I think your message was great but I also hate that it can be twisted into accepting anything and not allowing Jesus to change and work in us. Know what I mean?
Thank you for this message. This message reminds me in order to love others I should love myself too.
Godbless.
Thank you so much for the awesome message. I desperately needed to hear this. Loving myself is very important for any Christian, let alone anyone. It’s important for loving others and self respect and care. God bless ??❣️?
I love you Paul Marc Goulet. You inspire me every morning. Thank you for your time and love sending this devotions to all of us.
I really thought that loving myself before others is a selfish act. But thanks to this message my view in that matter is reverse and turn into a good way. God bless ! Shalom.
Amen!!! Thank you, Paul Marc Goulet, for helping me to put this beautiful Scriptural message into a fair and right context. May God bless you always!