To love unconditionally means…

To love unconditionally means…

…that my intention is so strong

…that there is nothing that you can do that will un-do it.,

In fact it is so strong that I intend for its effect, its dependability to

overpower you and win you.

However people know when you mean to love them,

and whether it goes far or short.

(don’t confuse people for God and don't over estimate your ability to love).

God will allow us to see glimpses of His [unconditional] love.

(January 11th, 2010.)

I wrote this in the middle of the night in Mexico 13 months ago.

Exactly a month later I would be snowed in during the second big snow storm of
that winter. I would lament difficulties at the job and in marriage. I
grew weary of the kids and their frustration of being stuck in the house.
And some 15 minutes up the road, my father would breathe his last breaths.
It’s been a year.

A lot of my life has been put into perspective by this
watershed event. My family of origin is pretty close knit, and we didn’t
grow up with many connections to my parent’s families of origin. That means
that my father’s passing was the first death of someone really close to us.

He was of course our progenitor. All roads for us lead back to him. I only
met his mom a few times before she died early in my life. My mother’s mom
the same, even though she’s still living. So much of what we are is because
of who he was. It could be rather cliché to say that we had so little influence on
our personalities besides that of our mom and dad.

I believe that in some way God inspired me to write those words. They would serve
as words from my father. Words that I would need exactly one month later,
before I knew I how much I would need them.

I pray that the words I felt God inspired me to write brings comfort to my family.