Learning to Love
A couple years ago I went to our church because they were doing a 24/7 prayer and worship week. I sat on the floor between the rows of chairs and half-listened to the IHOP-KC webstream that was playing. I started praying and asking God to speak to me, and I don't remember details but I do remember feeling that I needed to repent for self-hate. I think that's the first time I became aware of the fact that I tend to not be a huge fan of myself. I'm pretty sure it's heavily rooted in the fact that I hate making mistakes; I hate failing. And since I'm human that is bound to happen repeatedly. Please hear me if you're reading this: I am not writing this post to get people worried about me or thinking there is something extreme going on with me, and I'm not writing it to get a bunch of people commenting about how great they think I am. I want to write this so that if you're reading and you've struggled with loving yourself too you will know that you'...