Unconditional Love

“Wow I can’t believe she did that.”

Aren’t we all so quick to say that above statement? We’re so amazingly fast to judge other people by their actions and their mistakes, that we often forget that above all else they are a person. They are a person that God created for a purpose, but after one simple slip up or after one thing that we deem inappropriate, we choose to ignore that. We ignore that they have a soul, a heart, feelings, a human consciousness. They were designed by an all knowing being who thought that the world would be better off with them. Doesn’t that count for something?

Truth be told, we ALL make mistakes. Every single person. Even you, the person reading this right now. And when it’s our own selves who mess up, we think we deserve a second chance, right? We feel really badly about what has happened and we want to be cut some slack. Or maybe we don’t even realize that we’ve made a mistake yet. But 9 times out of 10, what makes a true difference in our life is someone that is willing to come along and look past and underneath our mistakes and view us as a person deserving of love and acceptance. We need that person so badly, but on the flip side we lack the ability to be that person for someone else.

Reflect on your own life. When’s a time you’ve messed up? When is a time when someone stepped in and made a difference in your life? Or maybe even made a difference in your walk with God? I highly doubt that they did that through judgement or hate, but rather with love. With love as God would have us approach all things.

As we enter this new year, I ask that everyone take a moment for self reflection. Stop whispering about someone as they walk by. Stop sharing Facebook posts or retweeting things that promote hate and shaming. Reach out in love. Be the sinner’s friends. Because everyone has been the sinner.

“And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.”

‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭4:8‬ ‭KJV‬‬