It is Not a Sin to Love Yourself

[Susannah]

“Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then face to face. Now I know in part; but then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.” (1 Corinthians 13:12 NIV)
“When the melancholic dejectedly desires to be rid of life, of himself, is this not because he will not learn earnestly and rigorously to love himself? When a man surrenders himself to despair because the world or some person has left him faithlessly betrayed, what then is his fault except that he does not love himself the right way.” (Søren Kierkegaard in Works of Love.)
There is so much written in the Bible about how important it is to love others, I can’t help but think the great writers assume we all have a...

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