In one day, Job had three businesses destroyed and the extreme tragedy of having his ten children die. In his great grief, Job said: “Naked I came forth from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I go back again. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord!” (Jb 1:21) Job loved God unconditionally. How many believers have ever said “Blessed be the name of the Lord” under such conditions?

The Lord wants us also to love Him unconditionally. He will give us grace after grace to lead us to the summit of love, which is unconditional love. We must accept the grace of humility, become like children, and welcome others who do the same (see Lk 9:48). This humility opens us to an obedience even to accepting many crosses from Jesus (see Phil 2:8). By suffering these crosses, we are more deeply purified and move further along the road to unconditional love. In the midst of all this, the Lord will grace us with greater faith, virtue, discernment, self-control, perseverance, piety, brotherly love, and finally unconditional love (see 2 Pt 1:5-7). Furthermore, unconditional love “springs from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith” (1 Tm 1:5). All we need do is put our hand in Jesus’ hand and obey Him step by step as He leads us to the summit of unconditional love.

May we want to love the Lord unconditionally more than we want anything else in life. The Lord will certainly give us this love.

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