tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post284396807925195836..comments2024-03-27T20:37:09.185-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: What is unconditional love?Alexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-15836261348629043192013-03-23T19:42:15.953-05:002013-03-23T19:42:15.953-05:00Post is absolutely wonderful! We are full of great...Post is absolutely wonderful! We are full of great information and inspiration both for all you need!<a href="http://thetahealingseattle.com" rel="nofollow">UNCONDITIONAL LOVE</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494162872891866981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-89415013227616991412013-03-03T15:46:43.473-06:002013-03-03T15:46:43.473-06:00I have a hard time comprehending unconditional lov...I have a hard time comprehending unconditional love. My best understanding of that is what you call "negative" - "there are no conditions on account of which one is loving the beloved." When I was growing up in my immigrant family, what I came to know and understand was a performance based love. The very concept of loving someone because they are a person and not because of how they perform or what they do for the first 18 years of my life was a confusing alien concept. My family and relatives and friends of my family came here as refugees from Latvia with nothing. Back in Latvia they were teachers, civil servants and other professionals, here they were nothing and had to start over with hard work, frugality and a strong focus on getting as much education as possible. There was a heavy emphasis that their kids will accomplish what they have been unable to because of WWII and the Soviet occupation. So everything in my family was performance based. I knew I was loved if I got good grades and performed up to expectations, and I felt not loved if I didn't. The hardest thing for me as a Christian is to grasp that Jesus loves me more than I realize even if I fail to perform up to expectation. My greatest difficulty is grasping God's mercy. Yes, intellectually I know my sins are forgiven, but internally at the level of my heart, here lies the difficulty. I do not know what else to say here.Dagmara Lizlovshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744785407281199347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-11689349280747648272013-03-03T14:52:25.003-06:002013-03-03T14:52:25.003-06:00Interesting Interesting Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com