Hating yourself is like hating what God loves. God loves you, so love yourself and love what God loves.
God has not changed. His laws have not changed. He is still a God of love and mercy But He is also a God of righteousness and judgment.
Grace knocks us flat, preventing any form of self-congratulation. All the good we achieve is to be attributed to God rather than to ourselves. What makes our lives good is not anything we are ourselves but the presence within us of what we are not, a divine presence never ours by right because never ours by nature. All the glory for the good we exhibit in our lives should therefore be reserved for God.
“He who does not love does not know God; for God is love”
“It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God.”
“Fear only two: God, and the man who has no fear of God.”
“Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God.”
“The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.”
“If we call ourselves children of God, then others are also children of God.”
Since God is with you and you are with God, you have nothing to fear!