Perna, indeed, the wording is specific. It's great! So I wonder why so many skip over the "you," meaning Self, when they take care of "yours and your neighbor"?

Maybe I haven't made myself clear in expressing the idea that loving Self is as important as loving "our neighbor." By loving Self, we address the problem of self-esteem and also lack of self care. If you look through the board as a whole, in many of the forums, self-hate and loathing are subjects that cause people some heavy duty problems. Not all of these people will read here, but if we can reach one or two (myself included), then I would feel like God's love has been shown, demonstrated, in that some have actually seen at least a glimmer.

I'm still not sure that I'm making myself clear. If you get my drift, though, I would certainly appreciate a little more help in this area.

Outside influences like my physical health and other problems have intruded themselves on what the Holy Spirit would have me do. That's why I haven't responded to so many posts in the last few days. It's needful to get myself back in line. Please bear with me.