Got your attention? ;) I just wanted to share something I heard the other night. I was in a meeting where this one guy shared his struggle with low self-worth. I really connected with what he said. This is something that I've really struggled with. He said some things that gave me a lot of Insight. He told us that he beats himself up a lot emotionally. Whether it be calling himself names, or just selling himself short on everything he does, he beats himself up because he believes that he actually deserves it! He shared an experience that he had this week where he pictured in his mind what he was doing to himself. He said:

"I pictured myself lying on the ground; bruised and bleeding. Then I could see that it was me that beat myself up...but I continued to beat myself up! It felt right and that I deserved it. Then all of a sudden the Savior took my place on the ground. Would I continue to beat this person when it meant that I was beating the Savior?"

When he shared this, it really hit me hard. How could I possibly do that to the Savior, but feel perfectly fine doing it to myself? I do it all the time! I beat myself up a lot, I discount and discredit things about myself just about everyday! My friend calls it "crap thinking". I do it A LOT! Why do I do this to myself all the time? Why do so many of us do this to ourselves? We don't deserve to treat ourselves like this! Not a single one of us deserves that kind of treatment. Why are we ok with selling ourselves short? I know it's not right and I know that Heavenly Father doesn't feel that way about me, or you, or anyone! He loves us. He really does!

I know that this is all easier said than done. I'm trying to work on this "crap thinking" stuff. If you deal with this too, then please stop abusing yourself. You don't deserve it. God wouldn't do that to you, so why are you doing it to yourself? Try to see yourself the way that God sees you. I'm working on it, I hope you will too.