Self-Love: the middleman
“Love your neighbor as yourself”. What if you don’t love yourself? Well my friend, then your neighbors happen to have terrible luck! and I know someone who wouldn’t want to be in their shoes 👀! This command sounds to me like Jesus already expects us to be treating ourselves well, and that’s why He can ask us to love the next person the same way. Well, Lord you were wondering if there would still be faith upon your return… basic self-love has taken a strike too. Indeed faith and love are so closely knit: if we don’t trust, we won’t be able to receive anything from God, not even His fully given love. When the cisterns are broken (families, communities, societies), we need to go back to the Source: our Father God. It’s time to fill our love tank…