Unconditional Love

Tonight at Bible Study we watched a video about unconditional love that a father gives his son. And, I found it hard to watch. The message in the video is just so strong. And, I found that it made me think of things from multiple perspectives.

For one thing, this is obviously the perfect world version of what we would all love someone to do for us when we mess up and feel completely embarrassed and ashamed of what we've done. But it also made me think about the times that I should not have judged, but rather shown compassion for the other person. How many times should I have shown someone love as opposed to judging, arguing, withdrawing and pushing them away?

I can relate to this little boy, even in my spinster state of being. I run and hide from things I do wrong. Instead of fixing them immediately, I try to play it off or I ignore it and hope that it will go away. Sometimes I do actually hide under my covers and just cry. This is really embarrassing, and I'm so ashamed that I can't seem to own up to my mistakes. Why do I still do this? I can think of multiple "reasons" but, let's be honest, they're all excuses.

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