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The apostle Paul, so it seems to me, believed in the Jesus Creed and in the significance of self-love (40 Days Living the Jesus Creed<\/a> $\"\"$ <\/em>, 60-64). In fact, Paul thought marriage flourished when self-love was the standard for loving others in the family.
\nEphesians 5:28 says it a roundabout way: \u201cHe who loves his wife loves himself.\u201d One might say that loving others is a form of self love, but it is far more likely that Paul is saying \u201cThe one who loves his wife actually does so because he loves himself.\u201d Either way, and I\u2019m clearly in favor of the second view, Paul sees self-love at work in marriage.
\nWhen this isn\u2019t at work, havoc breaks forth \u2014 dysfunctions arise \u2014 resentment builds \u2014 and broken relationships multiply. When a man or a woman, husband \u2014 wife or father \u2014 mother, love themselves enough to love others, a cycle of self-knowing love breaks forth into self-giving love. It\u2019s that subtle: self-knowing love leads to self-giving love.
\nToday is a good day to begin thinking about it this way: for your family\u2019s sake love yourself as an Eikon, as one loved by God, as one embraced in Christ, as one who is designed to live out the Jesus Creed daily.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"