Hi all, I thought I would create this post about learning to accept ourselves and learning to love ourselves within the scope of Christianity. At Lent at church I attended a church group. One of the topics was on How we can learn to love ourselves as Christians. I really wanted to listen to this topic and I thought it was really important to me as I struggle in this area quite a bit at times.
I recorded the session we had and uploaded it to Youtube and I have added some scripture supporting us to treat ourselves better. The leader who took the class is a professional rector of some duration and she serves in an Anglican church and I myself am an non demontional Christian.
I hope some of you do enjoy the video.
Scripture about learning to accept yourself
Psalm 139
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
Isaiah 43
But now, this is what the Lord says—
he who created you, Jacob,
he who formed you, Israel:
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;
Acts 17:28
and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.;‘ For in him we live and move and have our being.
Psalm 51
This can help with forgiveness of ourselves.
Jeremiah 1
The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart;
In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will.
Psalm 72
4 May he defend the afflicted among the people
12For he will deliver the needy who cry out,
the afflicted who have no one to help.
13 He will take pity on the weak and the needy
Genesis 1 2:27
For you were made in my image
Ephesians 1
11 In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will.
1 Corinthians 12
Spiritual gifts extend to all members of the body of Christ including those with a neurodiversity and disability as well.
................
II Corinthians 12
-"My grace is sufficient for thee, for my strength is made in weakness. Most gladly therefore, will I gather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore, I take pleasure in infirmities in reproaches. For Christ's sake when I am weak
Paul asked Jesus to heal this infirmity but Jesus said no to Paul and that his grace was sufficient for him-Paul was graced with one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit which God shone light into.
I also like this- 2Kings 2:11 as it depicts God being on wheels, and some people with a disability use this to say God perhaps himself has a disability. God is perfect regardless and he is complete perfection. I like it though given my disability that God is on wheels, it makes it even more closer as well to my own situation in life.
I also like to read Psalm 137 as it is very good for focusing my mind and escaping from disorientation. It is a well known Psalm for disorientation which helps me with being overwhelmed. It does help me to reconnect to myself.