Unconditional Love

Once upon a time, there lived a little oriole named firebird; firebird just lived for the sunshine. He would bask in that glow for hours but then the rains would come and he would complain to his mother; he wanted to know why God gave the storms power to take away the sun, his mother would just smile at him and say; “you will know someday, when you take a walk on the clouds”. Over and over again the rains would come and over and over again firebird would complain to his mother until one day, a huge storm rolled in and his mother had a different answer. She said; “it up there, it all there waiting for you, you just have to see it”. Now, firebird was scared, he hadn’t used his wings much but yet he flew up into the great unknown but instead of answers, he was met with lightning and thunder and a howling wind. He feared it would rip him apart. He was about to turn back when it happened. He broke through the clouds and there it was, more beautiful than ever and in that moment it became clear; no storm could take the sun away. The sun was always shining, it was as constants as his mother’s love, he just needed to take a walk on the clouds.

Life is so beautiful, so full of magic and possibilities. The storms of life are bound to come but even in those storms, in the loneliest times of all, you are never really alone. Love is the most powerful thing on earth (I am not just talking about the love between a man and a woman). I’ve seen what it can do and it can do amazing things. Sometimes I imagine a world where everyone knows a love that’s unconditional, what a beautiful world it would be and it is true that there truly is enough love to go around, all you have to do is share it.

What if God’s love is like the sun, constant and unchanging? What if you woke up one day and realized nothing can take that away?