Love and Respect. You gotta love
yourself to respect yourself—gotta love yourself to love others. Think about
it. Can you respect others if you don’t respect yourself? It starts and goes
beyond the treat others the way you want
to be treated…the Golden Rule. Love and respect yourself the way you want
others to love and respect you—with honor, honesty, integrity, kindness, wisdom
and understanding. You may feel that you aren’t worthy of that. I’m not smart—so
ask God for wisdom. Jesus promised that we would get whatever we ask for …see
Matthew 21:22: And all things you ask in
prayer, believing, you will receive. You are worthy…remembering that if you
have accepted Jesus as your savior, you are a child of the King…an adopted
child of God. (See John 1:12 - But as many as received Him, to them He gave
the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name….)
Do you respect The King? Then you can respect His son or daughter…that would be
YOU!
Training Tip – Do your children like themselves? Do they love
themselves? Even a three year old child can have a sad face, when they know
they’ve done something wrong. During a teachable time when they aren’t unhappy,
play a funny face game. Make a funny face and challenge them to make the same
funny face. Use a mirror so that they can see how they look. Make a series of faces, including an unhappy
face. Let them know that when that unhappy face comes from their heart…it is
really a deep down sad face. Tell them that you love them no matter what…but
that they need to choose to do what is right, to treat themselves and other in
nice ways so that their face and their heart are happy.
Lord Jesus, I love you with all of my heart, soul,
mind and strength. Help me to see myself as You see me…and to love myself so
that I can love others for You.
All
scripture quoted from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) unless otherwise
noted.
© 2013 by Mickey
M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
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