I love this so much because it reminds me of my journey. I’ve been broken so many times but I always mange to put myself back together with the help of Jesus. The journey of healing is a process but yes, I agree; the secret weapon is self-love. When you learn to accept yourself and love yourself for who you are, you learn to embrace your true self and you embrace the uncomfortable and hard moments in your life. If you love yourself, you can extend grace to yourself and be more patient. This is something you practice though. It’s a daily job. One day you will look in the mirror and love the person standing there and you will see your strength. There’s a song by Whitney Houston – “I didn’t know my own strength”. Listen to it and it will give you the confidence to get back up no matter what situation you’re in. Please know that you’re capable of being whole. God loves the broken pieces and he knows how to mend them. The first step to self- love is loving God and learning that God loves you more than anything and nothing can separate you from that love. Knowing God’s love for you will help you love the parts of you that you dislike. He loves all of you. Even the parts you hate. When you learn this unconditional love, even the things you don’t like about yourself you start to embrace. Look at yourself through the eyes of THE ONE WHO IS LOVE.
