Romans 8

"What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won't he also give us everything else? Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for His own? No one-for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God's right hand, pleading for us. Can anything ever separate us from Christ's love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? (As the scripture says, "For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.") No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries, about tomorrow-not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below-indeed, nothing in all of creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:31-39

The love that is received from God is insane. He will do anything for us to show us His love for us. Sometimes that is through people closest to us, a random stranger, or children in another country. The thought of love these days overwhelms my mind as I try to understand what it means and how we are supposed to show that feeling to those in our lives. Sometimes it is scary to love those closest to us and to love them unconditionally is fearful because we may be hurt by it. We are called to love though. If God loves me unconditionally and through everything, why can't I just love those that matter most with all I have?