Lenten Meditation for Today : Love Myself

God, teach me to love myself

as you have loved me:

to cherish myself, to delight in my soul,

to appreciate my journey, to care for my well-being,

to commit to my wholeness.

Give me grace to respect and nurture myself,

to offer myself both challenge and rest.

Teach me to forgive myself, to be gentle with myself,

to believe in myself and your hidden greatness in me.

Trusting in my belovedness, I am free and at peace:

in need but not not needy, not compulsive, not afraid,

not easily seduced by either pride or despair.

Teach me to love myself

even as you do.

~Steve Garnaas-Holmes