 How could you hate the one that God loves? How could you hate the person that Christ died for? I'm talking about you. You feel like you're not working hard enough like you're a failure. You soak in your past mistakes. We get caught up in thought patterns about ourselves that are just not true. We evaluate ourselves by a standard we apply to no one else. We hold unrealistic expectations over our heads as a means of self-punishment. But listen to me, you don't need to punish yourself anymore. There was another who bore all the weight of the punishment that you actually deserved. That you can be free from self-hate, self-punishment, self-condemnation. Think about it, Christ has already accepted you by His grace. That is more than enough permission to accept yourself. It's not about excusing sin or mistakes, but rather fully resting and trusting in the grace of God.