Unconditional

I was sitting in church this morning, listening to the sermon when I drifted off…not asleep but just on the topic of one of the sentences that pastor had mentioned. It reminded me of devotion early this week. I had a chance to watch the movie Beautiful Mind and then we looked at how scriptures could be seen through the movie in some way or another. If you haven’t seen the movie I don’t want to ruin it for you so stop reading at this point. Any way we focused our lesson on unconditional love. We looked at John’s life and how he was tempted by his mind. Throughout the movie he was unaware of what was real. He assumed that he was really helping the country and that all people around him were taking significant roles in his life…he was unaware of what was real. Towards the end of the movie he finally found that he could tell what is real while still having the false images in his life….the only way he could do that is through his wife…. John’s wife watches him go through pain and treatment, she feels obligated, rage against God, guilt, but forces herself to see the man transformed by love. John was able to rationalize what is real though one touch and the unconditional love of his wife….she didn’t leave him in his time of need even when he didn’t even realize she was there. She loved without getting anything back in return. How does this relate? Christ gave his life for us, what better way to show that he loved us unconditionally, without question, no matter what we do or how distant we are from God… we are sinners. He showed his love by sending a human being…why is that important? “Christ Jesus is God with skin on him” quote from pastor. This gives us something real….the realization that the He is the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world…that is what is real…very real. Something else that is awesome…. we now have a chance to show Christ unconditional love. God loves us an enables us to love him back instead of living in sin that is all around us and apart of us. Christ compels us…not only does He forgive us but makes us want to go and share that love. We should be compelled to share love with other people, share God’s love with others and embrace love all together. As my thoughts and reflection comes to an end I ask that you reflect on some of the good book and think about some unconditional love!

Share the love of God’s grace,
Kristy