We were not created so we could use our actions and words in an abusive way toward one another. God intended our actions and words to be used for loving one another. God did not intend for his creation to be abused by others—or to wallow in self-pity. God created us so that we could love both others and ourselves. We were not meant to feel abandoned. God made us so that we could experience his embrace and the embrace of others—he made us for a special kind of relationship, a covenant relationship. We weren’t made for the kind of despair we lived in. We were made to live with hope, faith, and
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