I don't think you'll guess what I want to write about when I say "Love the Sinner, Not the Sin". Lately there's been a lot of talk in the church about homosexuality and that isn't it. Everyone knows I do not hate homosexuals and even know a couple I sincerely love.
Today in my lesson we were discussing how to get solutions to our challenges and problems. It came down to prayer and scripture, which is quite often the answer to a lot of things, if not most things. When talking about prayer I mentioned how I actually have prayed for help in losing weight. That may seem silly, but this is a hard thing for me and I have tried it on my own. I needed his help. That's when I said, "Love the Sinner Not the Sin". Love me, but do things differently (don't eat the same way), and be better. Go and sin no more.
I want to talk about Self-Love. Too often we are hard on ourselves, feel we could've or should've been better or done things differently. It is all too easy to see the faults we have and realizing that we are a son/daughter of God doesn't always make it better. Sometimes it makes it worse. With all that potential sometimes we feel like we're not appreciating it or throwing it all away, just being "slightly off". "Close, but no banana" - or whatever that saying is. haha
We are not perfect. We are all sinners. We need to love ourselves and not love the sin. We need to continually love and continually improve. It's not about just loving ourselves, because we all need to make changes, be better, and become more Christlike.
"Try and keep on trying until that which seems difficult becomes possible--and that which seems only possible becomes habit and a real part of you."
Dieter F. Uchtdorf
I pray that we all will love ourselves as we continue to be better.