Unconditional Love

For those discerning charisms and working towards a more Holy existence......

For those struggling with life and love............

For those who have ever felt unloved or unlovable........

For those whose hearts are broken...........

For those who want to feel true literal unconditional love........

God loves us unconditionally. We have all heard this but have we really reflected on it? Take a moment and let that sink in: GOD LOVES US UNCONDITIONALLY, Literally. 

No matter who you are, no matter what you have done, no matter where you live, no matter your last name, no matter your gender, no matter.........

UNCONDITIONALLY!!

We all love. We love our parents, siblings, spouses, friends, relatives and others. We fall in and out of love. We love someone, then see behind the curtain so to speak, of who they truly are, their demons, their vices, their pasts and we struggle to come to terms with it. Sometimes, we fall out of love.

Not God, not Jesus. He sat down with sinners. He spoke to the Samaritan woman at the well. He invited the simple fisherman and the tax collector to be his apostles. He converted a persecutor of Christians to be his apostle. 

His unconditional love knows no bounds. Did Paul go to prison for his persecutions? Did Christ turn Peter away for denying Him three times? Did Thomas get reprimanded for doubting? Did the Samaritan woman at the well get scoffed at or shunned? 

Mary Magdalen was known as a great sinner. She threw herself at Jesus' feet and washed his feet with her hair and anointed Him with oils. Did he rebuke her? Did her turn her away as others mumbled?

Unconditional love. We all have pasts. We have our lives right now. There are things that make us feel unlovable. We struggle with Internal Demons. How God can love me when I keep making the same mistakes over and over? When I say I am going to stop but don't? None of that matters when it comes to His unconditional love. If you turn to Him, if you open your heart and just ponder the name, "Jesus, Jesus", you will feel it. 

Unconditional love. We can't comprehend it, we can't live it without God's help. We are called to unconditional love. We should practice it. We all have things that would make us turn to anger, to shun, to persecute, to get even. Our pride takes over and we want to be right. Our pride takes over and we want our justice, not God's justice, not what's right for those around us. 

Our pride and this world tells us to fight for what is ours. If someone tries to take it then we defend ourselves. We put up our walls, our defenses. We arm ourselves. We don't look to Jesus who told Peter "put down that sword". Who went to His death with true love and obedience. Who trusted in His Father's plan. Who on His cross said "Father forgive them for they know not what they do". 

Let us look to God. Let us open our hearts to His true unconditional love for us and those around us. Let us throw ourselves at His feet. Let us place our broken hearts at the foot of His cross. Let us be in His presence and feel His all powerful love. Let it pour into our very being.