Unconditional Love?

Last night while I was at bible study (bible study seems like such a generic word to use for this particular group...i havent figured out what to call it) we got into a semi debate about whether or not unconditional love is something that is attainable by humans. One particular person argued strongly that it most certainly does not, while pretty much everyone else opposed. He argued that someone can claim unconditional love, for instance a couple married for 60 years, but then if the dad kills the daughter, or something major like that, then thats where the unconditional love would end. He argued that as imperfect human beings we are completely incapable of loving unconditionally even though some people can get close. I'll admit that his argument angered me and I thought long and hard about it. I have to believe that unconditional love exists and I know it does. And this is why...the Bible says (i cant remember where) "there is no greater love then for someone to lay down their life for another". Christ walked around among us talking about this unconditional, agape love, but it wasnt until he died for us that we saw he really meant it. Dying for someone, becoming a sacrifice, shows a unconditional love b/c it shows that even the loss of your life isnt a condition with which to choose love...it shows that love goes beyond this life. Wih that said, there are many stories we hear about in everyday life in which someone deicides to give there life for another. Just recently a father left his family to hike across the Oregon wilderness in order to seek help. This decision for his family cost him his life. We also hear about soldiers in the battle field, willing to give their lives for the men next to them and for their country...this type of love I believe is unconditional as well. I believe that love becomes unconditional when a person is willing to or does choose that the life of the person he/she loves becomes more important than their own. And that is how this agape love manifests itself in our imperfect human lives and we are all capable of showing it the way Christ showed it to us.

the subway in the bernhard center is the most efficiently run fast food place I have ever been to...the taco bell/pizza hut across from it is the worst...

God Bless