I feel strongly about this because of my stupid friends and their concepts.
Hi green1
Well, I sat with a Christian friend while he said he was a ''filthy rag'*. I said, "Oh, that's too bad Steve, because
I'm the daughter of a
King that created the Universe, so I'm a princess loved and adored beyond my own belief!"
Another Catholic, attorney friend stood in his kitchen pouring our coffee, declaring, "I'm such a worm!!!". (ref Psalms)
I am amazed by people's concepts of humility and lack of worth.
I am SO worthy - because I am my Father's daughter - with all my ignorance and mistakes.
Just as I love my puppy that jumps on me all covered in mud...she can do no wrong in my eyes...I see only cuteness,
innocence and clumsiness.
Anyone who has loved - loves even through all the mistakes even crimes our loved one has committed and is in jail!
Just think how our Heavenly Father loves us.
I love myself because my Creator/God adores me, sweaty and covered in paint. (And have been bathed in that Divine Love, so
I know there is a God, that presents Himself to
me as my Father.)
I only really love my idiot self, because I know to not love myself, would not make my Father happy.
Have you ever tried to pet a scared horse or dog - it's awful. I would never do that to my Father.
My entire self stands like a 2yr old covered in a mess with my arms raised for Him to pick me up and toss me in the air!
I was made by a Perfectionist - I smile that as I lay on the ground fallen from a ladder - that I can entertain Him.
* --we are unclean things and our righteousness like filthy rags, in Isaiah - paraphrased
And I agree with
Unseeking!!