True Love

"Love your neighbor, as yourself." I am having to relearn ways that are not normal to me or at least what I was used to learning growing up in my understanding of what true love means. I am learning to re-program my heart, re-program my mind about what true love really means and how to truly love. Loving my neighbor well can only be done if I am truly loving myself well, which is a whole new paradigm to me. God says in His Word, "My ways are not your ways." This is definitely not my normal way of thinking and doing life. It is a new way to me that God is re-teaching me to do. I am definitely in the process of learning how this works. Its not easy. I often think of the lyrics by Foreigner called, "I Wanna Know What Love Is." Powerful honesty there. I also think of the lyrics by Alanis Morisette called, "That I Would Be Good." Unconditionally loved and accepted with no strings attached. No human personal effort can earn such love from God. And if someone is truly your sister or brother, they will love you even when you struggle. Can you still love yourself when you see yourself struggling?