Unconditional Love

I remember as a child thinking that love was so easy and effortless. I didn't understand why adults always talked about how complicated it was. To me, it seemed natural and not like work at all. I would hear people talk about unconditional love and how hard is was. I even remember being told that one day, when I get older, I would understand just what unconditional love meant and just how hard it can be. Well...I'm older now and I understand everything that I didn't understand as a child about this thing called unconditional love. In fact, I've become quite amazed and even borderline obsessed with the idea.

As a child, it was easy to love others because we didn't hold grudges. If someone stole our crayon, we were upset but only for thirty minutes because after that we forgot about it. However, somewhere along the way as we were growing up, we forgot how to do that. As we get older, we never forget those things that have hurt us and we allow them to keep us from loving unconditionally.

So what exactly is unconditional love? It is loving someone all the time with everything in you regardless of what they do, who they become, or the choices they make. It is remaining faithful to care about someone even if they hurt you deeply. It is choosing to not judge someone for their flaws, but rather to accept them for who they are. The perfect example, and the only true example, is Jesus Christ. I mean think about it...Jesus died for us just so we could have access to the Father. He knew exactly who we truly would be. He knew that we would seek other desires such as a boyfriend, girlfriend, or career rather than seeking Him. He knew that we would lie, cheat, steal, and hurt. He knew (and knows) every single flaw about us and every evil action we commit before we even do it.

Yet, even though we turn our backs on Him DAILY, He still loves us. He never leaves our side and the very second we need Him, He is always there. He is the true definition of unconditional love. So following in His example, we should show unconditional love to others as well. When people hurt us, we should not turn our back on them but love them. It is time for us to start loving others for their flaws too. Ultimately love is a choice. It is a decision we make daily to either love or not. Let's make the choice today to love, but not just love...love unconditionally. Forgive those who wrong you and love them for their flaws. The best place to learn how to love is to open the pages of the #1 Best Selling Book in the World....The Holy Bible. :)
With Love,