Unconditional Love and Grace.
Unconditional love is when you are loved no matter what.
You are loved freely with no expectations or any needs anticipated to be met
from this person who loves you. Unconditional love does not NEED you, but
rather wants to just love you because you're you. Unconditional love has the
power to love you no matter where you are in life bad or good.
Wouldn't
the world be an amazing place if we all had the power to love
unconditionally? This kind of love
makes me feel safe, secure, empowered, and fills me with a value and love for
myself. When I am around people like this I feel empowered, refreshed and so
loved that I have a desire to go pay it forward.
Where does this love come from? The only power source that
I've experienced that can love me unconditionally, has been the God of
creation. I personally do not know of any other place that holds this power
source. The people that I feel unconditional love from would probably agree
that they have this love because of the same power source through Jesus Christ
our Lord.
Why is it that not all professing Christians including
myself, can exude and giveaway love unconditionally all or even most of the
time? I believe it's because when we are getting our needs met from God
presently and for the present moment this is what links us into his source of
love. I personally, am not linked into God's unconditional love for me all the
time. I strategically put myself around people who are mature and filled to
over flowing with this unconditional love. I believe this is because they spend
a lot of time with the power and person of unconditional love themselves.
To love unconditionally means that you have your all your needs met from this same love source yourself. It seems mysterious how God meets the needs of every kind
of human being. This is why we cannot find a formula, system or
particular plan of getting our needs met from God. He does give us a choice to
receive this love or not and it wouldn't be unconditional otherwise. What could make
us unable or resistant to this love? I believe our fears of being hurt and
rejected is what keeps us from knowing a God of love. To trust God or anyone for that matter takes time and proven
trust worthy experiences from this person. Getting our needs met from God looks
and feels different for all of us individually. It is a mysterious concept that
can only be revealed by the Holy Spirit as to how to get all of our needs met
from an all-providing God.
Each day seems to bring another mystery of how this is
going to work for me in my life. If I allow myself to stay connected to my most
deep feelings and on a moment to moment basis discuss, bring to, and allow
myself to receive wisdom from the Almighty God, this seems to be the only
formula that I've come up with thus far.
This is a beautiful journey to be on and at times it can be
frustrating, lonely and completely confusing. I am learning to bring even these
very feelings and thoughts to my Savior Jesus as well. I have experienced his
unconditional love and even in times of darkness, mistrust, and pain I choose
to believe that he is always there, doing something wiser in my soul than I
could even imagine myself.
I think
when we have grown and matured in unconditional loves embrace, we can love
even those of us unconditionally, who may have not come to live in this place quite
yet. This is called grace and
don’t you just love to be around other people who are empowered to give you
grace? I give my deepest gratitude
to those who have loved me unconditionally over time and or even once in my
life. Praise be given to God who
is the author and creator of this kind of love.
