Unconditional Love

Much of what God has been speaking to me recently has concerned love. Today, He has proved his consistency, and challenged me on loving people unconditionally. To love unconditionally is to love when they don't love you back, when they reject you, when they outright hate you. To love unconditionally is to take on the true nature of Christ. To love unconditionally is hard, but a fresh revelation of how much God loves us comes with it. I totally believe that as we try to do as God does, in this sense, love as God loves, this is one of the times at which God reveals more of His nature to us.
Unconditional Love endures. It perseveres. It forgives seventy times seven times. And it doesn't just end with, 'Yeah I love them'. It speaks not from the mouth but from the actions.
Unconditional love started with God. We can love unconditionally because of Christ in us. Unconditional love is powerful - it's why God created us, it's why Jesus died on the cross for all our sins. But because of its power, it is also why Jesus rose again. Because God wanted to have a people who worshipped him, who reflected his glory. That means... God wanted a people who loved unconditionally. That was his purpose. That is still his purpose. God still wants a people who love unconditionally.