"Love others as ourselves" Matthew and Mark both mention Jesus teaching on this and while society generally puts the focus on the loving others part but that has a condition attached we all tend to look over.
love others as ourselves - others as = love ourselves
Why does this seem to be so hard? Knowing God doesn't make junk we heard growing up but for some reason it didn't really sink in.
So back to the original question, what's beautiful to me? How do I define beautiful?
LOVE is beautiful, and to me nothing will be beautiful unless I view it through love. Or I have love for it...including myself.
God is love, so does that mean I automatically should find myself beautiful because I believe in Him, I'm made in His image, and have Jesus Christ residing within me? not necessarily.
Not if I don't see that love for myself.
Not if my perfectionism gets in the way.
Not if numbers gets in the way.
Not with a comparative, competitive nature.
Not without trusting my the strength God has given me.
Not until I forgive and embrace myself for my imperfections.
Not unless I work towards it.
And I am, its a slow process with many failures and a filter that will take some elbow grease before I will be able to see clearly, or at least clearer.
"For
now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know
in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity." 1 Corinthians 13:12-13 KJV
I recommend rereading 1 Corinthians 13, the love chapter, but think about yourself, and how you treat yourself.
