Love Is Kind. It Never Hates

 

Good Morning!

Babies enter the world with hearts untouched by prejudice, fear, or judgment. They don’t pause to evaluate a person’s background, appearance, or differences before offering a smile, reaching out their arms, or resting peacefully in someone’s embrace. Their love is instinctive, pure, and freely given. They remind us of something we often forget as we grow older: love is our original language.

Somewhere along the way, humanity learns to divide, categorize, and withhold affection. Dislike based on skin color, nationality, religion, sexual preference, or any other human distinction is not something we are born with—it is something we are taught. And because it is learned, it can also be unlearned.

Imagine if God loved us the way people sometimes love—selectively, conditionally, or only when we “deserve” it. What if God stopped loving us because of our past sins, our failures, or the mistakes we continue to make? What if He treated us the way many treat those they deem unworthy?

But thanks be to God, His love is nothing like ours. His love is unconditional, unwavering, and unearned. He loves us not because we are perfect, but because He is perfect. He loves us not because we always get it right, but because His nature is love itself.

To love others does not mean we must be close friends with everyone or agree with every choice they make. But it does mean that hatred, prejudice, and indifference cannot coexist with the presence of God in our hearts. Scripture is clear: “Whoever does not love does not know God.” Love is the evidence of God’s work within us.

Today, may we return to the simplicity of a child’s heart—open, kind, and free of hate. May we love because God first loved us