A Kiss Goodnight

God's love represents more than just a characteristic - it forms His very essence and operates completely unconditionally, independent of human response or worthiness. Unlike human relationships that often involve some degree of conditional love based on behavior or reciprocation, God's love remains constant and unwavering regardless of circumstances. This divine love found its ultimate expression in the sacrifice of His Son, a purely initiative act of grace.

However, humans often struggle with extending this same unconditional love to others. Like Jonah's resistance to God's mercy toward Nineveh, we can become uncomfortable when God's love equalizes the playing field between ourselves and those we consider less worthy. We might prefer maintaining our sense of moral superiority rather than seeing others receive God's mercy.

The key to overcoming this struggle lies in fully grasping and experiencing God's unconditional love for ourselves, which then enables us to extend similar love to others.