Living A Life Of Unconditional Love

You love your kids and pets, too. Those kinds of love never fade. The bonds can be bent, but never broken. You’ll love your kids and pets even when they’ve done wrong or misbehaved. When I was a kid, I got a good paddling for my purposeful mishaps, but I never loved my parents any less. In today’s world, kids seem to be in control. Parents don’t discipline them to the point that the children are in charge, not the parents. When they demand something, parents take the easy way out and give in. Like a child who juts out their lower lip in a pout and crosses their arms. Sometimes we can love our kids/pets so much that we won’t discipline them when they need it or tell them “No” when they want something because we don’t want to hurt their feelings by doing so. That kind of love isn’t the unconditional love that God has in mind for us. Loving unconditionally doesn’t mean always saying “yes” or not disciplining a child in the wrong but loving them to the point where always doing right by them, including discipline and saying “no.” Teaching them right from wrong in the right way is loving them unconditionally. God wants us to love so unconditionally that we’ll always do the right thing, even if it’s not the most popular thing. This is a very important time to pray to Him asking for His love, strength, and guidance.

If you don’t know what unconditional love is like, then get a dog. If you’ve never experienced unconditional love, then get a dog. I believe that God created dogs to teach us humans how to love unconditionally. He also created dogs not to be able to speak our languages so that we can learn from them, knowing that most of the time we’d be better off not saying anything during disputes. He created dogs to not live as long as humans so that we can experience the loving and losing, then loving again, unconditionally each time throughout our lives. When we lose a dog/pet, some people don’t want another because of the hurt and pain that loss has caused them. Others adopt a new dog right away, and other’s take years before they feel ready to love another. That’s how strong unconditional love can be. We all deal with love and loss differently.

In 1 Corinthians 13, the Apostle Paul describes in great detail many of the characteristics and qualities of God’s love. He talks about love being patient and kind, not boastful and proud. It translates into unconditional love and trust in God. That He will reward us great things if we overcome the enemy’s temptations. It means that we should take on any problems, stay positive and keep moving forward, believe in what is right, and to beat all trials and tribulations the enemy presents in our life. The closer we are to God, the more that the enemy will test us. The more trouble he will try to cause in our lives. If we have problems in our life, we need to overcome them in the right way. That doesn’t mean that if we stray further from God that these bad things won’t happen to us, they will. But loving God and living the life He wants for us will be the foundation for overcoming those evils. If you’re not close to God, don’t love Jesus Christ, haven’t accepted Him as your Lord and Savior, or don’t love Him unconditionally, you won’t stand a chance of overcoming those evils.