What does it mean to be unconditionally loved?
It means that no conditions need to be met before the love is expressed.
It means that it doesn’t matter what condition you are in – you can be a physical wreck, an emotional wreck, a moral wreck, or a spiritual wreck and still the love is there for you.
And it means that irrespective of your prevailing conditions, whether they be comfortable or characterised by overwhelming difficulty, the love remains the same.
But what does unconditional love look like?
It looks like a man hanging on a cross and bearing there the punishment for everything that we have done that would otherwise have prevented us from knowing the never-ending love of God.
Because what does it feel like to be unconditionally loved?
It feels like being home with a loving Heavenly Father who has adopted us into his family as his much-loved children. And finding oneself wanting to take on the family likeness.
‘See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.’ [1 John 3:1a]
Related posts:
To read ‘Valentine’s Day in the light of the cross’, click here
To read ‘A good heart these days is hard to find’, click here
To read ‘True Love’, click here
To read ‘What becomes of the broken hearted? Sorrowful yet always rejoicing on Palm Sunday’, click here
To read ‘Why do bad things happen to good people? Sorrowful yet always rejoicing on Good Friday’, click here
To read ‘Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things? Rejoicing, though temporarily sorrowful, on Easter Day’, click here.
To read ‘Ascension Day’, click here.
To read ‘Speaking in Tongues’, click here.
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