Genesis 4:7 – "If you do well (believing Me and doing what is acceptable and pleasing to Me), will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well (but ignore My instruction), sin crouches at your door; it's desire is for you (to overpower you), but you must master it."
In our Christian walk there is something that seems to be very hard to grasp. In the word of God, it states that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. What happens when what seems to not surprise God, surprises us so much that we start to take on the belief that we cannot accept ourselves, or even be accepted by God.
Acceptance is defined as "the action or process of being received as adequate or suitable." In Genesis 4:7 it states plainly that when we do well, we will in fact be accepted by God. But often it is our own belief system that gets in the way of us believing that simple truth. But let's be honest God does accept us, every second, every minute, every hour of every day. If we are doing well and doing our best to live a life that is pleasing to Him than we are automatically accepted.
As sons and daughters, we need to remember that if we are doing well we are accepted by God. But also, we need to learn self-acceptance. We need to get to a place where we forgive ourselves completely and take up the love we have for ourselves. We are more than our mistakes and the things that have happened in the past. We do not have to punish ourselves because Christ already took that punishment on the cross. So today sons and daughters, realize that you are accepted by God, and then learn to accept yourself. This is a journey not a sprint. Let go of self-condemnation and enter into acceptance.