Perfect. Free. Unconditional. Everlasting

I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness. (Jeremiah 31:3 NIV)

 These are a few of the words that come to mind when I think about Jesus’ love for each of us: Perfect. Free. Unconditional. Everlasting.
 His love is perfect. It is the only thing in the world that is absolutely perfect. There are a lot of things that are nice, beautiful, and wonderful, but nothing is perfect like His love. We live in an imperfect world, with imperfect humans, in imperfect conditions, but His love is what makes it possible for us to weather everything that life brings our way. He is perfect, and so is His love.
 His love is free. It’s not something that we have to work for, or earn, or somehow prove that we’re worthy of. If we had to earn Jesus’ love, none of us would have it, because we’re all men and women of similar weaknesses and human frailties. Jesus, in His divine foresight and wisdom, knew this and chose to love us with no strings attached.
 His love is everlasting. It’s not something that will be here one day and gone the next. Jesus’ love will not expire or fade. It doesn’t get old with the times or go out of style. It’s traditional and historic, but also modern and current. It’s always. Even before we knew Him, He loved us. He has loved us from the very beginning of time, and He will love us throughout eternity. —Maria Fontaine [1]

 Though our feelings come and go, God’s love for us does not. —C.S. Lewis

[1] Anchor Trusting in His Perfect Love