Undefeated Love

There’s a belief or a saying, at least, that love conquers all. In the secular world the reference is to the power of emotional love to compel men and women to do extraordinary things.& Love is said to move us to do the unthinkable with& sometimes positive and in many instances negative results.& One of the reasons for this apparent inconsistency lies with another saying and that is “Love is blind.” Again, in this secular world nothing can be reckless and misdirected as blind love.& Now take the same saying and apply it with biblical references and it takes on a whole new meaning.& Love conquers all.& Just for the sake of giving an example, God so loved the world He gave His only begotten Son.& The greatest commandment is love of your neighbor as yourself.& God is Love.& Out of love, we have been saved.& From this perspective love takes on a set of characteristics that only result in positive endings. I’m reminded that spiritual love differs from secular love in that one is conditional and the other is not.& By that I mean love in this sense, from its biblical basis, is an unconditional state of being.& Love,...