What can we say about God’s love? We can say that God’s love is unconditional. God does not say, “I love you, if …” There are no ifs in God’s heart. God’s love for us does not depend on what we do or say, on our looks or intelligence, on our success or popularity. God’s love for us existed before we were born and will exist after we have died. God’s love is from eternity to eternity and is not bound to any time-related events or circumstances. Does that mean that God does not care what we do or say? No, because God’s love wouldn’t be real if God didn’t care. To love without condition does not mean to love without concern. God desires to enter into relationship with us and wants us to love God in return.
Let’s dare to enter into an intimate relationship with God without fear, trusting that we will receive love and always more love.
Emphasis mine
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February 5, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Karen Hopper
Unconditional love – what a wonderful thing.
February 5, 2009 at 3:50 pm
helenl
Amen to that, Karen.
February 5, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Mervi
Oh, to have a tad bit of the ability to love without condition or reservation those who enter my life.
Mervi
February 5, 2009 at 10:26 pm
helenl
Isn’t ti so, Mervi.
February 6, 2009 at 2:19 am
writeathome
This post brought to mind a hymn we used to sing sometimes at my former church. Have you ever heard this one before?
The Love Of God by O.S. Davis
v. 1
The love of Jesus to me is greater than anything else I’ve ever know.
It reaches deeper than any sin stain. It reaches higher than heaven’s throne.
Chorus
The love of God is more to me
than all this world could ever be.
It reaches down from the throne of glory
and sets the vilest sinner free.
v. 2
It brought the Saviour from heaven’s glory
to give His life for a world of sin.
Though God of heaven, He condescended
to prove to you that He is your friend.
v. 3
It giveth comfort to those in sorrow.
It bringeth peace to a troubled soul.
The love of Jesus goes in the byways
to seek the sin sick and make them whole.
March 9, 2013 at 1:48 am
anthony m
hey where did you find this song? i heard it on an Amish documentry and would really love to learn more about it… but this is the only plce ive seen it …
November 2, 2013 at 10:08 pm
Jim R.
This song is from ‘Sing Unto The Lord’ hymnal that the United Pentecostal Church uses.
February 6, 2009 at 8:56 am
helenl
Carol, I’m not sure about that hymn. I tried googling it but didn’t get far. I’ll look again later.
October 24, 2009 at 2:08 pm
A Free Spirit
What does it mean to say God is love in a metaphysical sense? I suspect the answer is more difficult than it might seem.
You might be interested in the following post:(http://deligentia.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/deciphering-god-is-love/).
Nice post!
January 26, 2010 at 6:47 pm
Lee
To A Free Spirit: If you accept that God was, is and ever shall be, and you accept that God is Love then you must accept that Love was, is and ever shall be. What we as humans have a problem wrapping our minds around is that God doesn’t change he is the same in our time as he was in the beginning of time or at the end of time. Time is a construct of man that God doesn’t have to abide in. He chose to entire time in the form of Jesus of Nazareth out of love for us. We really have no words that can quantify the amount of love that it would take to do what he did all we can do is hold his example up and say there, that is love. To give of one self completely and totally not for yourself but for the other.