Loving Unconditionally is something that God expects of us.  It is the life that God lived and one that Jesus came to our troubled world to teach us.  I wonder if we understand unconditional love.  Unconditional love means that we love others because it is the right thing to do.  We do not live in this world alone and will always need others in one manner or another.  It is healthy for us to respect others and practice loving them because we all are created in God’s image.  That being said, those of us who follow Christian beliefs have a challenge before us.  God expresses in the Scriptures that we are to love everyone with brotherly love and respect.

We don’t all look alike, speak alike, appreciate and like the same things or have any of the same characteristics.  Some of us appreciate the love that Christ has for each of us and others of us doubt the fact that because God loves us so much, we have been given a comforter, the power of the Holy Spirit.  Some of us have thrown blessings away that God designated for us.  We may think we do not have what it takes to love others, but God has given us everything we need to love others unconditionally.  We just need to tap into it!

Last week I experienced unconditional love from a total stranger.  The stranger was in the car before me at Star Bucks.  That stranger shared unconditional love when he or she paid for our order.  I was moved so by this gesture.  So, I too, expressed unconditional love by paying for the next customer’s order.  This is a small gesture, but it can take us a long way by practicing unconditional love.  It brought joy to me to know that someone else cared about how I felt that day.  Unexpected love and generosity warms our hearts and soothes our spirits.

Friends, when the Holy Spirit is nudging us, we should do our best to act on it, not sit around and think of ways to justify not loving humankind in an acceptable manner.  Love destroys a multitude of hate, discomfort, stress, wrinkles and cruelty.  Unconditional love will cure many of the ills of this world.  We can heal our brokenness by practicing loving others, instead of condemning them; by going out of our way to be nice and respectful.  Let’s try one person at a time!  Keep your faith in God and let’s step out of our comfort zones and live a life of faith that we profess.

For God to use us in a powerful way, we must be receptive to stepping out of our comfort zones and step out into the unknown in faith.  God will never leave us of forsake us.  He is waiting on us to mature so that we can make our world a better place by reaching out and making a difference in someone’s life.  With prayer, meditation and listening, we can remove the challenging factors that stand between us and a perfected world.  We can destroy cruelty with unconditional love.  May God’s word be a lamp unto our feet and light unto our paths as we strive to live the plan of good and not evil that God has for those who believe!  Let’s work diligently to change all the things that we can to enhance our lives and the lives of those we touch!