Happy Valentine’s
Day!
We all know that
the month of February is the month for love. However, that is a worldly mindset.
We are not called to share our love just for one month out of the year; it isn’t
even a full month only 28 days (29 during leap year). We are to love our self
& others year around, 365 days (366 during leap year)
Love doesn’t come
easy, why I’m not sure. There are days I find it much easier to love myself and
to love others. I have been in an intense bible study for about a month now
that is making me look deeply at myself and my relationship with God. There is
one thing I keep hearing “You are created in My image”
So God created mankind in his own image, in the
image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
Genesis 1:27
I have always
known and believed that I’m created in His image. What God has taught me from
this one verse is that when I say I’m ugly, not smart enough, or not capable in
the same breath I’m saying the same thing about God. When I tell myself these
lies I’m telling lies about God. When I tell myself lies I show how much I don’t
love myself or others. How can I expect people to love me if I don’t love me;
and how can I love others if I don’t love myself.
Love is something
we are called to do 24/7/365 (366 during leap year)
God tells me what love looks like,
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it
does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not
easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts,
always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
1 Corinthians
13:4-8.
To be able to show
this love to others I must first show it to our self.
Do you love yourself?
Imagine how much better you could love others if you first love yourself the
way God calls us to do 24/7/365 (366 during leap year)
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