Welcome to Ken's self-flagellation (sp?)- feel free to grab a chain and join in the fun, yourself.............

I'm trying hard to get past the focusing-on-self(ish) thing, even to my focusing so much on my shortcomings- it isn't just self-love that has to be watched.
I was realizing how very bad I was, when it suddenly dawned on me that I should be focusing on God's goodness, and not on my grittiness. I had read something like that somewhere, can't remember where...

But it's easier said than done. And I guess it's ok to take a good long look at self now and then, just as a reminder that God is God and I am not. For obvious reason, one being that I'm not sure how to spell "flagellation".
-cel