Love Yourself Like God

Have you ever been thankful for yourself? This isn’t an odd idea. Even God did it!

There’s an interesting occurrence of self-love in the creation account found in the Jewish Old Testament. Here, the Creator does something extraordinary.

At the end of each day, after making animals or trees, God said, “It is good.” The Creator looked at His creation and praised Himself. He gave Himself self-love.

If God can praise Himself by saying, “It is good,” then you can do the same. You can look at your life, personality, or body and praise it by saying, “It is good.” This should come easily and naturally but often doesn’t. If you can’t do this without it hurting inside or feeling awkward, then perhaps you need time to learn to love on yourself more. Awareness of who you are and calling it “good” leads to acceptance and being grateful for yourself.