No amount of self-love practices or self-help products will ever replace the true fulfillment of God in someone's life.
The self-help industry makes millions off people and yet people are still miserable, lost, and searching. People buy into the products that claim to help them achieve this goal or that goal. We make a list of our to-do's to succeed & better ourselves, but then don't follow through. We make a budget list, but continue to find ourselves in debt. We are determined to quit that bad behavior, but find ourselves sitting comfortably back in it. We make great goals, but don't stick with the hard work long enough to achieve those goals because everyone wants a quick fix.
The point is this: the problem with every human being is within. It's me. Self-love is toxic. We will always love & care for ourselves and we don't have to be told to do so. The problem is that we love ourselves so much that we forget the One who Created us because of His everlasting love. God is the only one who knows what we need before we ever speak a word of it. He is the only one who can supply all our needs according to His glorious riches in Heaven. He is the one who can heal and revive and restore every part of us - because He is our Creator Father.
Our eyes can become so focused on self that it becomes sickening. The more we strive for self-love and self-help, the longer we remain in complete and constant lack. But the more we recognize the love of God, and strive to love God first and foremost, the less empty we feel and the more content we become. With less of me - there is more room for God.
