My trip to Felidae cat centre left a
large impression on me. Viewing such magnificent creatures and their
behaviours is really an eye opening experience. While observing the
lions feed I noticed an important behaviour.
The alpha female ate first by herself
while her cubs lay a few feet away. Later she brought along a piece
of meat for them to feed on and then they ate together. I suppose
that what I learned from this is that in life we have to take care of
ourselves first before we can take care of others.
Similarly we cannot love others until
we have first loved ourselves which might sound like the converse of
Jesus commandment that we should love others as we love ourselves.
Think of it this way though, can you truly show love and compassion
to another human being if you look at yourself in the mirror and
despise what you see?
In this commandment Jesus challenges us
to not be proud and arrogant but it also challenges us to look at our
own self image. God has made us all perfect. The fact that some may
be blind, others deaf and still others crippled means nothing, that
is merely a casing that we are housed in. Our spirit is created with
beauty and with an eternal flame of life.
Many of us would have seen the picture
of a kitten in front of a mirror with the lion staring back at him.
What is your self image saying about you? Can you dare to love
yourself today the way God loves you? After all God gave his
precious Son for us, how can we not love ourselves the same way too?
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