How to love yourself

I had a Word last night:

Being God to the creation means, among other things, treating yourself as God would treat you.

So:

- no self-abusive/unhealthy work practices
- no raging against the machine of the body (pushing it beyond limits)
- no anti-constitutional behaviour (rebelling against the warp & woof of creation)
- no forced servitude to alien masters (addictions, lusts, self-aggrandizing goals)

And of course the way God treats Himself for the sake of others is self-sacrificially, so that's another characteristic to adopt.

Being an image of God thus gives me a vocation with respect to my own person/body, perhaps as the first or prime example of godliness. I like this lots. I can feel new convictions growing!