Eva wrote:
Chapter 3: lies women believe about themselves.
This chapter was an eye opener for me; some I knew, but could not put a finger on it. I struggled with the verse that says we are to love our neighbour as ourselves, because I thought I didn't love myself very much. My older siblings used to tease me that because my ose was completely different from the others, I really wasn't one of them, but was found under a rock. I would seek assurance from my parents, but they just laughed. Innocent fun that left an identity scar. I didn't feel like I belonged, and was continually looking for acceptance from others. But Jesus was rejected by men, and CHOSEN by God. Wow! I know I too am chosen by God, but to know that Jesus can identify with how I feel is awesome! But I still need to learn to love myself so I can love others.
And with learning to love myself, I need to learn to deny myself and recognize that I "will always have unfulfilled longins this side of heaven". And when they hit, I don't need to "stuff myself in an effort to satisfy emotional and spiritual longings, but to learn to be content with unfilfilled longings".