They say you can't have grace for someone else unless you have grace for yourself first. But that isn't me at all.
I find I have way more grace for everyone BUT me. Can you relate?
If you can then you probably know what it's like to tell someone it's okay, it was an accident/mistake, and of course you forgive them. But you're not so nice on yourself. When you make a mistake, when you mess up it's, "why couldn't I have done better?", "I always mess up", "I'm never going to be good enough". There's. No. Grace.
Friends, this is not the way it is supposed to be! And I'm talking to myself here. I'm terrible at this. But I know it's wrong and I want to change.
God says,
“...You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Matthew 19:19 ESV
AS YOURSELF. Interesting that there's this nice little assumption that we love ourselves. Why did God say that? Because loving yourself is important!
So basically we need to love ourselves. Not be in love with yourself. But have a healthy love and respect for yourself. What does that look like? I don't really know. But I have a good bet that it doesn't look like verbally beating yourself up whenever you mess up.
Give yourself a little grace. I'm going to.
Friday, February 17, 2017
Sunday, February 12, 2017
Old Post - Pain in Happiness
This is a post from a while back. Somehow it never got published, but it's still relevant to life so here it is. I hope it is a blessing to you.
Sometimes life is not happy. That's definitely something I've learned.
In the midst of preparing for one of the happiest days in most people's life, i find myself in the depths of depression. And there are lots of things i can point to for the reasons why, but they are personal and unnecessary for my point.
My point is this: In the midst of all of it i have a choice. A choice to allow myself to continue to wallow in self pity and pain or lay down my life before God and trust His greater plan. The plan that says, "Your pain is for a reason, and you need to trust Me with it."
"For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us." - Romans 8:18 (ESV)
Slowly, day by day, i am learning to find peace in the midst of His presence. I still haven't gotten the joy thing down yet, but i hope to some day. And in the meantime, i will take this one day at a time. Waking up every morning and choosing to trust God and give my day over to the Creater of life and ultimate Provider.
Sometimes life is not happy. That's definitely something I've learned.
In the midst of preparing for one of the happiest days in most people's life, i find myself in the depths of depression. And there are lots of things i can point to for the reasons why, but they are personal and unnecessary for my point.
My point is this: In the midst of all of it i have a choice. A choice to allow myself to continue to wallow in self pity and pain or lay down my life before God and trust His greater plan. The plan that says, "Your pain is for a reason, and you need to trust Me with it."
"For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us." - Romans 8:18 (ESV)
Slowly, day by day, i am learning to find peace in the midst of His presence. I still haven't gotten the joy thing down yet, but i hope to some day. And in the meantime, i will take this one day at a time. Waking up every morning and choosing to trust God and give my day over to the Creater of life and ultimate Provider.
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