by Allie Beth Stuckey (Author)
Is your quest to love yourself more actually making you miserable?
We're
told that the key to happiness is self-love. Instagram influencers,
mommy bloggers, self-help gurus, and even Christian teachers promise
that if we learn to love ourselves, we'll be successful, secure, and
complete. But the promise doesn't deliver. Instead of feeling fulfilled,
our pursuit of self-love traps us in an exhausting cycle: as we strive
for self-acceptance, we become addicted to self-improvement.
The truth is we can't find satisfaction inside ourselves because we are the problem.
We struggle with feelings of inadequacy because we are inadequate.
Alone, we are not good enough, smart enough, or beautiful enough. We're
not enough--period. And that's okay, because God is.
The answer
to our insufficiency and insecurity isn't self-love, but God's love. In
Jesus, we're offered a way out of our toxic culture of self-love and
into a joyful life of relying on him for wisdom, satisfaction, and
purpose. We don't have to wonder what it's all about anymore. This is
it.
This book isn't about battling your not-enoughness; it's about embracing it.
Allie Beth Stuckey, a Christian, conservative new mom, found herself at
the dead end of self-love, and she wants to help you combat the false
teachings and self-destructive mindsets that got her there. In this
book, she uncovers the myths popularized by our culture of trendy
narcissism, reveals where they manifest in politics and the church, and
dismantles them with biblical truth and practical wisdom.
