So exciting news! I have been begging my mom for a puppy since I can remember. When I was young they gave my sister and I a little black, white, and brown dog and while it wasn’t a puppy I loved her anyways. Then my sister fell in love with a gorgeous golden brown fluffer who had the cutest puppy face. Again not a puppy but the golden retriever and German shepherd mix stole my heart as well. But now at ministry last week in my arms, I got a puppy deposited into my arms and he stole all of our hearts. I finally got my dream, I get a puppy everyday. My team and I named him Jeremiah. Y’all he’s only a few months old with the little puppy belly and fluffy baby fur. He squeaks and squeals, he bites my finger and chews on my hair, he’s nibbled my nose and stolen my food. And I couldn’t love him more. He’s peed on my shoe and played tug of war with my shoe laces. And I couldn’t love him more. Sometimes I wonder if God regards us in the same fashion that I do the puppy. When we lie, when we steal, when we hurt, when murder, when we cheat, God will always love us unconditionally.
But then I have to think that the puppy is innocent, that he doesn’t know any better. That he hasn’t been taught yes and no, right and wrong. And then there’s us; flawed and broken, knowing the difference of right and wrong and still doing it anyways. So then I have to put God in a different light. God is amazing when he claims his love is unconditional his love is UNCONDITIONAL! There is no comparison to His love l, none whatsoever. You can try to put it into a box but that’s impossible. The fact that he can love such broken and flawed creations as we are and see us as His perfect image, His PERFECT creations, is mind boggling to me
In my mind it’s still difficult to understand that God doesn’t even hold a grudge. I mean think about it. Parents have unconditional love for their children and yet my mom can hold a grudge against me for a few days when I something wrong that makes her really mad for a very good reason. So today I want you to think about this. Is your version of God’s unconditional love for you a puppy, a parental, or bible love. Puppy love is unconditional love that is innocent and doesn’t know right from wrong. Do you think God views you like you view a puppy? That your innocent and without guilt because that’s just who he is? Parental love is unconditional with barriers. Do you think God loves you unconditionally while seeing the flaws And loving you anyways but can hold a grudge for the wrong you have done? And bible love is understanding what God is truly saying when he says I love you. That he loves you without reservation, without restrictions, without anything holding him back.
And how do you view God? What is your love for him? Is it puppy, parental, or biblical?
