Love Myself

As cliche as it may sound I realized something. One cannot love one another without loving oneself. Whenever something goes wrong in any relationship after the initial emotion of shock, anger or sadness the immediate response is what did I do? What is so wrong with me that nothing works? And although it is important to know what causes the problem it is not always necessary and it is not always my fault. No longer can I automatically see myself as the problem. I can no longer look at myself as the imperfect nobody. Over two thousand years ago a perfect man walked this earth only to give His life away for me. I must now look at myself through His eyes. The eyes of a God who loves me. Not just emotionally or physically but spiritually. Loves the very essence of who I am as a person. If a perfect God can love me there has to be something there that I can give to others. I love myself for who I am in Jesus Christ. Does that mean I won't make mistakes, absolutely not. I am still a human being I still am not perfect. But what I am is perfect through Christ. And that is the person I choose to love and share with the world. If something doesn't work out that's ok. Things happen for a reason, God has a plan in my life. Who am I to say anything against it. Once I love myself as the person I am in Christ I can give that loves to others and in return I will receive the greatest thing possible, a heart of God. So don't be afraid to love yourself, its necessary. If God loves you, you can love yourself too. When that happens the real light of God will shine through you as the person He intended. And what could possible be better than being the person Christ planned and sees me as? I can not think of anything in the world. So today I begin to love myself in Christ.

My Hands Are Tied

I wish there was something I could say to make you change your mind,
To go back to all those yesterdays, just to turn back time
But what is left for me to do? Hold you closer? Pull you tighter?
It's like the person I've known has died
I can't just sit here and watch you burn
But it's your decisions that have given you this life you've earned
So I'm left with only one option, to wait off to the side.
This doesn't give me any comfort, even knowing how hard I tried,
I wish you the best, I truly do
But now its entirely up to you.