So I was talking with my pastor after a class tonight and we got on the topic of Grace. To my understanding Grace is knowing your loved and not having to do anything to earn that love. It is an unconditional love the God gives us freely and nothing we can say, do, or think can give us more love or take love away. It got me thinking, does this love really exist here on earth? Does it? Is there anyone on earth who has been unconditionally loved by anyone? Sadly I don't think there is, not to be a downer but I think people have wonderful intentions, but we are all human.
I believe there are two types of love in the world, love you earn and love you are freely given. Far to often the world operates in the love you earn. Do this and I will love you, earn this amount of money and people will love you more. Buy these things and people will love you. Buy kids lots of stuff so they love you more and so on. What would happen if we took all that away? What if we could not show our love for people with our actions or our gifts? Could we still show people we care and love them? A love that you, as a recipient, absolutely could not earn no matter how hard you tried and a love that could never be turned off.
This kind of unconditional love it supernatural, that is why it is so hard for us to understand it.
I wish I knew this love, I wish I could say I know God LOVES me. To some extend I "know" God loves me, but it is a head knowledge. I want that knowledge to be a heart knowledge. Back to the conversation with my pastor, I told him this whole concept of Grace and unconditional love is just over my head. I so desperately wish I felt this love and knew it to the core of my being. He told me, keep working on it, one day you'll know. I pray and long for that day! Until then I will put one foot in front of the other and keep praying. I need to open the window to my soul and let God in.
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