No More Self Hate

If you had told me a year ago that I hated myself I’d think you were crazy. 

Insecure. 

Low self esteem.

Improving in both.

But hate? That’s a VERY strong word. One of those words my mother told me not to use growing up because of its implications. Yet, a year ago I sat in the presence of God. Forgiving things I didn’t know were buried and being delivered from ideas I couldn’t articulate.

Deliverance is like that. One thing I learned in my journey last year: you could need deliverance from something done to you, and not necessarily that you did wrong. When I realized that my guards came down. God prepared me and showed me His heart. 

“self hate be gone”

As I looked in the mirror after that moment there was a difference. I couldn’t explain it. Yet I was certain that for once I wasn’t criticizing myself. I wasn’t finding what I didn’t care for in the moment. I felt a lightness and joy about myself. Sometimes we don’t know what’s holding us back til it’s lifted, even if it’s us! But God! Isn’t He gracious?

Do you compare?

Are you overly critical?

You may need to spend time with your Heavenly Father.

1 You need to know you have a problem. 

2 Pray. 

3 Read your Word. 

God took me through the Word for weeks prior to my deliverance. But because I listened when He prompted me I had the proper truth to fill me when He finally eradicated the lies once for all.

Are you ready for God to do real work in you from the inside out? Getting saved is just the beginning. The sanctification process is where you really meet who God is in your life. You must be ready to face that person in the mirror. Take it from me, don’t hold back or hesitate. The loved version of you is just on the other side.