Love is a precious commodity. I think most of you will agree that we use it rather freely but it eludes all of us. Love of a man, woman, parent, sibling or general love of all things in life including spiritual love between man and God.
My conversion to Christianity has finally helped me understand what unconditional love means. Motherhood has been quite an eye opener. I recommend every woman give it a try atleast once in their lifetime. I understand my parents constant ‘ one day you will understand when you’re a mother’ Obviously but was not so obvious then to a teenage angst ridden little me. When I have had a bad day, very little sleep and just want to switch off in every humanly way possible; I look at my precious child and she gives me this beautiful, innocent smile and I go all jelly in the belly. Cuddling her perfect innocent baby self with twinkly eyes, soft baby mouth close to my bosom makes every bad memory a distant, forgotten one. The deep satisfying love that engulfs my heart is highly exhilarating. She truly brings me alive like nothing ever has.
It dawns on me why God wants us to pray to Him when we are in trouble or are hurting. I would expect the same from my child. No matter what she has done I want her to know she can come to me anytime, any day and I will do all I can within my power to help her or protect her. God’s love is as pure and unconditional as a mother’s for her child. But just like I need my child to tell me her problems, God asks us to communicate through the medium of praying.
As a young Muslim girl,growing up in Saudi Arabia I remember being taught how I could hang out with Jews and Christians but Hindus and other idol worshippers were off limits. We were discouraged to be friends based on who believed what. I grew up feeling guilty for talking to my friends who were Hindu. In fact I remember feeling so guilty all the time for every little transgression that I eventually accepted that a nice little mansion was waiting for me in hell guarded by giant demons whose sole purpose was to eat my soul on a daily basis and spit me out only to do it all over again everyday for eternity.
The biggest deal breaker was when I was taught about the sin of exposing my hair. How every strand will turn into a snake in my grave and will choke me to eternal death until judgement day. That was the last straw. I was petrified but I still didn’t cover as much hair as I should have. Snakes are my worst nightmare. Either I have no real fear of this threat or I’m just good old fashioned brave
The point of me mentioning all this is that I now know that a great God as ours does not need us to eat special food, wear black cloaks or be friends with selective people to attain His love. We are made in His image. We are His children. Just like my little baby is borne out of my blood and flesh; I do not need her to do anything to make me love her any more than I already do. This is not a religious rant. It is a deep expression of a mother’s profound, unconditional love for her child. I just needed to share my enlightened view of God’s love for us and hope all my loved ones one day accept this beautiful fact. In the name of Jesus, Amen.
Great post. The only thing real in life is love and a mother’s love for her child ranks right up there at the top. But exactly how do we reconcile our all-loving God with the angry, jealous god of the Old Testament who indiscriminately kills innocent women and children?
Thanks for feedback! Much appreciated. To be honest the love of our true God is something you have to search within you. When you really, truly learn to communicate with Him and sincerely listen to what He guides you to do, you will undoubtedly know that the God people sometimes talk about is not the same that lives in your heart, spirit and body. I’m not an expert in the bible but I have come to really experience the love of our Lord through the spirit of Jesus Christ. I’m very new and still learning. Please remember that mass murderers also claim voices in their heads or God asked them to kill dozens of people. What does that tell you? I have not read the Bible completely but bearing in mind Christianity is many centuries old, it has withstood against political, social and economic abuse through the years. Are we, as intelligent beings, going to sit back and pretend it has not been edited to suit certain powerful figures of different eras? However having said that God is All Knowing, All Seeing. He always has a great plan. Some may involve things that are seemingly unjust. For example sexual abuse, loss of loved ones, etc. But if these things didn’t happen, then one may not ever learn to empathise, value relationships, etc. God always has a great plan. Sometimes it’s not that obvious and as the devil would have it can appear downright evil. I’m happy in the knowledge that I’m His child, part of His Kingdom therefore victory is always mine against all odds. God bless.:-)
u were misguided dear,i was never forbidden 2 make non-muslim friends.Allah loves His creations the most and if i do something wrong He always forgives me because He is the most merciful.
I’m glad you weren’t babe. It was one of our teachers from school. She even taught us how the bible was so disgusting that you cannot read it with your family. And I wholly approve your faith in God’s love for us..xxx