Love Yourself

                                                             LOVE YOURSELF

I was sitting at a conference filled with writers for the Lord

Though our writing styles were different our hearts were in one accord

As the speaker talked I listened then something caught my eye

I saw a cross up on the wall and the Lord was about to die

I really tried to concentrate on what the speaker said

But Christ was looking right at me and before he bowed his head

His eyes full of compassion began to fill with tears

He knew I had been struggling to love myself for years

Before he died he said to me "You must learn to love

Yourself as much as I love you and my Father up above

After Jesus said these words his spirit left the earth

But he made sure he made it clear just how much I was worth

Still sometimes I find myself not being kind to me

Then I think of that one night when Jesus made me see

I'm a special masterpiece and I'm precious in his sight

When all I see is darkness I'm surrounded by his light

                                      True Story in July 1987 from

                                         Black Mountain NC