Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Trinity, November 15th, 2026
I guess you could call this little essay "Part Two" of what I had posted earlier in the week. Earlier this week I had pointed out that very often the young men whom I work with at the correctional facility fail to show love to those who show them the most love. Instead, they spend their time hanging out with people and friends who do not have their best interests at heart. They hang out with people who use them and abuse them. Instead of spending time with people who have "unconditional love" for these young men, they spend their time chasing after people who very often lead them down a path of destruction. Those who have "unconditional love," as we discussed, only want the best for us. Those who have "unconditional love" do not want anything from us. They want us to grow, to succeed and to be our best.
But, quite frankly, doesn't this certainly describe God? God wants the best for us. God does not love us for what we can give Him. If anyone has "unconditional love," wouldn't you agree that God certainly has "unconditional love" for His children. He only wants the best for us. And yet so often we are like the young men I described at the correctional facility. We spend our time running after what the world has to offer. We spend our time chasing after our wants, our needs, our desires. Instead of spending time with the One Who loves us the most--Our Heavenly Father, we spend our days running after things which ultimately have no meaning. "But God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8) God sent His only Son into the world to save us from our sins because He loves us. God wants the best for us. God loves us with an indescribable love. For these reasons and so many more, shouldn't we do our best to spend time with God? Shouldn't we go to Him daily with our prayers? Shouldn't we stay close to the One who stays close to us? Do not spend your days and weeks chasing after people or things that do not care for you. Spend some time with the One who defines "unconditional love." "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (St. John 3:16)
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