Unconditional.

As a woman, we have a lot of issues with the line between love and lust. We always seem to think that Sex = Love. Which I debunked in my blog Satan's lies to the ladies. Being a female who didn't have a father around, you would think I lacked male affection from a father figure. However, I had my fair share of father figures. I grew up with a list of families that poured into my life. Amazingly, I didn't understand unconditional love until I worked at a daycare. 

I'm not saying that it wasn't shown to me. I'm saying that I didn't understand it fully until I held a baby and it smiled at me. From as far back as I can remember I loved children. I've always been caring for kids. Now that I'm a mom, I really know unconditional love. Yes, there have been times where I have been frustrated with Joseph and yelled at him. He's 4 months old and yes it's stupid, BUT right after he smiles at me. He doesn't care how mad I am or upset I get, he still loves me. For now. 

I'm sure when he gets older it won't come so easy for him. You really don't know love like that until you experience it first hand. Another great example is my cat Butters. He's temperamental. Extremely temperamental. He will chase you down the hall and smack you and be on your lap in 2 seconds. My niece comes over a lot and chases him and squeezes. When she puts him down you would think that he run off but he doesn't. He curls up at her feet and wants her to love him. It's like he's a sour patch kid. He smacks at her feet. 

We are like that with God a lot. We are sweet and then we are sour. It's a very strange thing for someone to love us despite everything we do to hurt them. That's how God is with us. No matter how mean we are, or what we do, He still loves us. Do you really understand that? How deep his love is.