Narcissism

Philippians 2: 3

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.

The true measure of someone’s heart, is how they treat people who can do them no good.

That seems logical.

Narcissism used to be a term that was used in a clinical sense, for someone stuck on themselves.

It’s was a common psychiatric term that used to be used, but now that industry has stopped using it, because it became obsolete.

They have said that most people really don’t have this kind of problem anymore.

Really? I beg to differ.

This is one of the best definitions I have ever seen, of narcissism;

“A narcissist’s weapon is often verbal—slander, lies, playing the victim in flipped tales of who was the victim and who was the abuser, gossip, rage, verbal abuse and intentional infliction of

emotional pain. It is a systematic dismantling of another person’s relationships, reputation, emotional, physical and spiritual health, life and their very soul. Narcissists enlist cheerleaders

and enablers, fueled with lies and half truths. This is why narcissists are often called “emotional vampires.”

So what might happen to marriages, if we decided to treat our spouses, better than we treat ourselves?

Can you imagine if we operated this way in the church? There would not be enough room for all the people.

What needs to change in your life, for people to see you this way? And I don’t mean narcissistically!

One thing I do know, I need to treat other people, better than I treat myself…