Godly love dictataes that we show others what God is like, but is exemplifying such love causing Black women to dehumanize themselves?  

Today’s conversation is a toucy one, but definitley one worth having. According to Biblical passage Godly love shows up in how we treat each other, but how does it show up in how we treat ourselves? 

Before you go clutching your pearls sis, this is NOT a let’s bash God conversation. This is an open discussion raising a few reasonable questions for your consideration. Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, go ahead and hit that play button.

Here are a few things that came up in our conversation:

 – Biblical passages that MAY be causing Black women to dehumanize themselves

 – Is the culture of Christianitly causing us to abandon ourselves?

 – Does the abandonment of self equate to the dehumanization of self?

– What does loving your neighbor as yourself REALLY mean?     

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