You're Not Enough (and That's Ok): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love

by Allie Beth Stuckey

The toxic culture of self-love tells us that we are “enough” to determine our own truths. But as we’ve discussed, this just leads to unsustainable confusion. It’s not our or society’s truth that matters, it’s God’s. That’s because he’s perfect, and we’re not.

“You’re perfect the way you are” leads us into accepting parts of ourselves that we should be rejecting, making excuses for ourselves when we should be repenting, and believing things about ourselves that hold no lasting value.