"Yea I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee" (Jeremiah 31:3 KJV).
"I love you, but only if you let me play with your robot," pouted three-year-old Jennifer to her older brother.
"That's all right, Jennifer," consoled Anthony in a condescending manner newly acquired since entering kindergarten a few weeks prior. "I'll let you play with it anyhow."
What a beautiful picture of God's unconditional love. Love that never fails. Love that is forgiving. Love that accepts us just as we are, warts and all! Love that has nothing to do with the way we feel or the mood we're in. Love with no strings attached.
Divine love keeps on loving even when we selfishly pray, "Lord, this is what I want to do. This is where I want to go. This is what I want to be. This is how I want You to work out this situation." We forget we should be praying, "Your will be done, Father. I want what YOU want."
What a privilege is ours to be recipients of God's unconditional love. And let us remember that His unconditional love carries with it the responsibility of loving others with the same kind of love.
How about a New Year's resolution such as, "With God's help, I will accept others just as they are, and show to them the same unconditional love that You show me."
Read I John 4:7-11 to find explicit instructions on how Christians should express this marvelous unconditional love.
Preacher's Kid
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