Why is it we spend more time looking at our faults than we do at our good points? We don't like our home or family background or even our hair color! But God wants us to accept ourselves as we are and to depend on His strength where we are weak.
In her book Love Adds the Chocolate, Linda Anderson recounted this incident: "I once knew a young woman who pointedly disliked not only what she was doing but who she was. She was convinced of her uselessness to both God and her fellowman, and she was certain that if the earth opened up and swallowed her nobody would miss her. After a few months of futile self-absorption, she came to the point we all must face if we are to find God's direction in our lives. One night she surrendered the peculiarities of her individual temperament to the Lord, piece by piece. she named them all and asked the Lord to put the pieces together and glorify Himself through them. To her surprise, over a period of years the very qualities she had once hated became polished gems in the Master's hands. She found to her delight that He was using them all!"
Whenever we feel guilty of looking too much at our faults and failures, let us remember who we are in Christ and thank God for the good points He's given us, and get busy doing things for others and for the Lord. It's the best way to begin accepting ourselves. Loving God above all, I am Ophelia Jane Julia thanking everyone who drop by my blog page and reminding everyone that: "Jesus wouldn't pay an infinite price for someone of no value."
Oil painting image was Expectations by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema taken from illusionsgallery.com
