My husband and I were talking about intelligence today. We both feel that one of the markers of someone who is truly intelligent is that the person freely admits that they don’t know very much and they still have much to learn. It is only in being truly intelligent that a person can understand how vast the world is and how complex life is.
In the same sense today, my abusive mother caught my husband today and started to ask him why I hated her in yet another attempt to get attention and make people feel sorry for her. She claimed that she loved me so very much and would give anything for me and she just couldn’t understand why I didn’t love her back. Her statements made me think about applying the same idea about intelligence to love.
One of the markers of someone who truly loves is the person who freely loves and doesn’t expect anything back in return. That’s the definition of unconditional love. Faith teaches me that God loves me no matter what. He doesn’t care what I do. He doesn’t care if I believe in Him. He doesn’t care what religion I am. He doesn’t care if I sin. He doesn’t care if I love him back. He loves me, period. I believe that with all my heart. My faith is based on that belief. When God asks me to love myself, He asks me to love myself the way He would love me. When God asks me to love my brothers and sisters in Christ, He is asking me to love them the way that He loves me. So the mark of someone who truly loves, isn’t the person who is asking, “Why doesn’t she love me back?” it is the person asking, “Do I love enough?”
My faith saved me. May God’s peace reside in all of our hearts.
