Sep 12, 2006
Unconditional Love?!
Current mood:pensive
Now there's a mouthful. Unconditional Love. What does that mean? Who gives Unconditional Love? Parents? Kids? God? The Universe? Dogs? WHO? I've heard many people talk about loving without any conditions but does anyone actually know how to do that? My parents and I haven't spoken in two years....a result of thier 'unconditional love'. I didn't meet some unreal standard so they no longer can have me in thier lives. The unconditional love spoken about biblically is very conditional.....you get unconditional love if you meet this condition, ie. believing in Jesus. In the Old Testament, you got unconditional love if you lived holy and perfect before God...I'm guessing no one experienced that. If you're Muslim, you get unconditional love as long as you don't touch pig blood or die dirty somehow. We get married and divorced because we have these ideals and when our mates don't meet those 'conditions' we can't be with them anymore....the love is gone. So, I wonder....is there such thing as Unconditional Love? Even our major religions don't REALLY put forth anything remotely close to being without condition-Love that is not earned but is always available, no matter the circumstance or fault of the receiver. I have a tattoo on my ankle....it's an attribute of God....it says "Unconditional Love" or "Complete Love". I think it IS an attribute of a real God....just not the ones we hear about....little gods covered over with some mans idea of righteousness....god's whose love is tempered with the fiery depths of hell for those who aren't good enough to get it. That, my friends, is not unconditional. That isn't even love. It's evil and a distortion of Truth....it puts people in bondage to guilt and makes them second guess thier worth. I think TRUE Unconditional Love is revealed in personal revelation of knowing that God is in you....everything you could ever need, you have already been equipped with....there just needs to be a personal realization of what is already there. I think God sees me and sees Himself and Unconditional Love is me knowing Who I am enough to see God in others. To KNOW the Truth about those around me so I don't judge thier lives or put myself in some self-righteous place....I have no right to do that. This life, these bodies, they aren't real. Reality is looking beyond what I see and choosing to see God....to see and give Life. Complete love is looking out my window, seeing the trees and grass, and knowing that those things are direct extensions of God loving me...giving me Life. Those things purify the air, just for me! Those small objects that fit perfectly into the life cycle of our planet are extensions of perfect self-giving Love.There is no condition there...no standard to meet. The whole purpose of thier existence is to give life....Unconditional Love? It's out there....and in here....and over there...it IS in me, and in you. I just wonder how long it will take for us to be certain of it so we can make some kind of a difference..... 4:56 PM
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