Conditional Love begins with the conjunction "if", followed by the conditions that must be met if you are to be loved. Christian love demands no conditions; it is free!
Unconditional love, brings to mind an image of the game of "Hide and Seek." Like Adam and Eve, we try to hide from the Searcher . . . sometimes hiding so successfully we forget what the game is all about. The object is to be so hidden that we force the searcher to yell out, "Ally, Ally, all in free!"
One time my Father was "it"; but by deliberately not looking in that place, he was forced to call out "Ally, Ally, all in free".
By painful contrast, I remember the time I thought I had hidden so well that no one could find me, only to discover ... long after dark, that they had forgotten me and even that I was playing .. . so no one was looking for me.
Luke tells of the prodigal son: "While he was yet at a distance, his Father saw him" (Luke 15:20).
The Christian Miracle is that in Jesus Christ, God declares unconditional love for us.
Still on my Pilgrimage,
Virgene
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