Title: Lent Dawn Prayer (19) Hate Me...
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Lent Dawn Prayer (19) Do not hate me, but love me (Psalm 139:13-18) 2002.03.25.
do you love you
do you love yourself
Are you satisfied with your appearance?
Are you satisfied with your talent?
Are you satisfied with your reality?
Are you living with the enemy?
In the US, Gallup asked, “Are you satisfied with your appearance?” As a result, 28% of men said they were satisfied. So what about women? It was only 13%. If you could change your dissatisfied appearance, would you? 94% of men and 99% of women answered yes to the survey. What these statistics suggest is one piece of evidence that most modern people are dissatisfied with their existence or life, including their appearance.
To be happy, we must first learn to love ourselves.
University of Southern California professor Leo Buskaglia said, "Most of the problems of our time stem from not learning to love ourselves." Feeling of inferiority is the most common human disease. There is no one without a sense of inferiority. But self-abuse is a sin. Let's find out why self-abuse is a sin in our relationship with God and think about how we can love ourselves.
you are the poiema of god
“People marvel at the high mountains and the great waves of the sea, the meandering rivers, the shining sun, and the countless twinkling stars, but do not marvel at their own being, which they should most admire.” Augustine
To hate oneself is a sin of ignoring or distrusting God's creation or plan. God made me, how can you ignore me? The most amazing being in this world is “I”.
In the book "Fearfully, and Wonderfully Made," by Paul Brand and Philip Yancey, Paul Brand
Among the surprising things, the most surprising thing is the fact that a human being called ‘I’ was born.” Think about it. From a single fertilized egg cell formed by the meeting of hundreds of millions of sperm and one egg, as many as ten trillion cells are created, and thus the being born is ‘I’.
The more we thin our thoughts, the deeper we become, the more I am the mystery among the mysteries. It is a miracle among miracles. More than the stars in the night sky, more than the order of the universe
It is a mysterious being. To express this surprise, even if I fill the sky with exclamation marks, I cannot express it all.
God made me ‘extremely marvelous’ (Psalm 113:14-15).
I am not a being who was suddenly and meaningless thrown one day, I was in God's plan even before I was born. I am a noble being built with God's intentions. God had many thoughts and created me. God considers me precious, how could I hate me? No matter what anyone says, I am the work of God. It is a masterpiece among masterpieces.
In the New Translation of the Bible, ‘made me’ is translated as “we are the work of God.” And in the original Hebrew text, “poiema” (????) is a poem that means poetry in English. Therefore, I am God's masterpiece of art.
“I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works; that I know very well. ”
I have God's signature. There is God's plan, there is God's breath, and there is God's workmanship. So, how precious am I?
Would you compare it to da Vinci's sculptures?
Can you compare it to Chagall's paintings?
Would you like to play with Mozart's music?
Would you write a book with Sexpeare's novel?
who will make me
God's signature is engraved on me.
let's love me
The first secret to nurture yourself as yourself is to live a life of gratitude.
“What is man, that you think of him, that you care for him? You have made him a little lower than God, and crowned him with glory and honor.” - Psalm 8:4-5
What are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals
that you care for them? Yet you have made them a little lower
than God, and crowned them with glory and honor.
God made me a little lower than God. Therefore, I must always live praising God. The psalmist is thankful that God has created me so wonderfully (verse 14).
Gratitude to God is an affirmation of myself. When I affirm and love myself, a new color emerges. Those who love me are guided by God. God searches me, knows me, and tests me (verses 23-24). Therefore, if you entrust yourself to the God who created you, your life will be happy.
“Cast all your anxieties on the Lord, for he cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7). “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. Then the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6-7).
Karl Barth said that the fact that God loves me is the greatest theological discovery I have ever made and studied.
God loves me.
God loves me, this I know. The Bible tells me so.
Think of God's smile on me.
The God who created the universe loved me and sent Jesus. Because you love me, Jesus died on the cross for me. Even now, when I think of Jesus, who is interceding for me, I cannot help but love me.
God expects you.
I also depend on God.
Amen.
i love god
i love you god
I don't love you to ascend to the sky
Also if I don't love you
I'm afraid I'll die forever
nor love
my jesus,
You embraced me on the cross
He was crucified for me and pierced with a spear,
You have been put to a lot of shame
How can I not love you
blessed jesus
So my love for you is
miss heaven
It's not a love that fears hell
what to get from you
Ambitious to get a reward
nor love
because you loved me
i love you too
Jesus, eternal love
you are my God
You are my eternal
- Xavier -
Lord!
things I can't change
give me an acceptable serenity
about what i can do
Give me the courage to change.
and the difference between these two
Give me wisdom to discern.
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change
the courage to change the things I can
and the wisdom to know the difference.
hard world
early dawn
a young man
They put up job advertisements on electric poles and passed by busily.
And after a while, a man passing by
I stopped in front of the job advertisement with a serious face.
a few days later,
Seniors who are temporarily employed by the ward office
I peeled off the flyer with a wet brush.
And a clean electric pole
A city clerk went to check it out.
a sheet of paper
It feeds so many people.
on a sheet of paper
The solemn life of many people hangs hard.
A world where a single sheet of paper is unusual
now,
how much are we
Are you living in a difficult world?
- Lee Cheol-hwan, Yeontan-gil 1