As I have said before, If your faith can not save you from your own self-centeredness, your own selfishness, then it will not save you from Hell. Is it possible for you to say this prayer and mean every single word? If you want to get over yourself, this is a good place to begin.
Lord,
Make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console,
To be understood as to understand,
To be loved as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
It is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen
St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)
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