Love Yourself to Love Others

The verse everyone quotes about loving your neighbor actually contains the most radical command

Christianity ever gave. We obsess over the love part, but miss what comes

right before it. In Matthew twenty two, when Jesus says love your neighbor

as yourself, he's not giving you permission to love others the way you currently

love yourself. Think about it. Most of us treat ourselves terribly. We criticize every

mistake, replay our failures on loop, deny ourselves rest, and hold grudges

against our own past decisions for years. So when Jesus says love your neighbor

as yourself, he's actually commanding you to fix both relationships simultaneously. You can't genuinely