Unconditional Love

I was reminded today (by a friend on Facebook) how blessed I am to have a husband who loves me unconditionally.  It made me stop and think.  Some people never experience the unconditional love of another in their lives and my life is overflowing with it.  There are times when I ask my husband, "Why do you love me?"  Now, sometimes I'm just fishing for compliments, sometimes I am just not sleepy and trying to keep him awake with my questions, while other times I really want to know why would someone love me.  I know who I am and sometimes I am not a lovely person.  I am human and make mistakes.  I am unloving and unkind.  I can be selfish and self-centered.  So, why would someone love me? 

Then, I have to think of the other unconditional love in my life.  First, and most important of all, God loves me unconditionally.  The Bible says that He loved me so much that while I was yet a sinner, He died for me.  He loved me enough to sacrifice himself for me.  God, who knows me better than I know myself, who has more right to judge me than any person.  This perfect holy God loves ME.  He doesn't love me only because I read my Bible.  He doesn't love me only because I teach Sunday School.  He doesn't love me only when I have a sweet spirit.  He loves me even when I fail.  He loves me when I sin, even when I sin on purpose.  He loves me and there is nothing I can do to change that.  My God loves me unconditionally and I am so thankful.

So that brings me back to the previous question.  Why would my husband love me?  He has also experienced this unconditional love that God offers to us.  He knows who I am and that I'm not perfect, and yet he still chooses to love me - with no strings attached.  I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that he has the unconditional love of God in his life and it just flows over to others.

If you have children of your own you know the unconditional love a child can give as well.  From the first moment you find out you are expecting a child, you have a love for that child that really can't be explained.  As children grow, they have that special way about them that says, "Mommy, I love you."  They love you when you are a mess, the house is a mess, dinner is a mess, everything is a mess.  They love you when you are dressed up and pretty, they love you when you look like a disaster.  They love you at your best and they love you at your worst.  The unconditional love between a parent and a child is just priceless and I enjoy each day knowing that whether I'm perfect or a perfect failure, my children still love me.

Unconditional love is a blessing God gives to us each day and it should inspire us.  We should not do good works to be saved, we should do good works because we are saved.  We should not do special things for our husbands to make him love us, we should want to do special things for him because we love him.  I shouldn't work at being a perfect mother to make my children love me, I should constantly work to be a good mother because I love my children.  God has filled my life with unconditional love and I am truly blessed.  It is my responsibility to bless others now and share God's unconditional love with them,