Unconditional Love

 An Ode to My Wife on Her Birthday

What a great deal I got…

Nothing I could have bought

Or even with luck sought.

All my life that which I longed for…

A love not dependent on my performance

Or importance

Or output

But consistently

And lavishly

And persistently

Committed to loving me

As me

Cancer ridden me!

My amazing wife…

CINDY!

God’s personification of unconditional love

To me

In my sickness

Weakness

Weariness

And pain

Committed to caring for me

When I give up on me

Committed to supporting me

When all I can manage is eat and sleep

Committed to loving me

Unconditionally!

Even when I try to push her away

Her love doesn’t for a moment sway

Through thick and thin

She’s in it to the end!

Unselfish, sacrificial

Love Unconditional

An amazing reflection

Of God’s unconditional affection

For us

In Jesus!

Who loved us

Not because we were righteous

Or winners

But when we were sinners!

Jesus

Died for us!

And the Father loves us!

Not only when we obey

Or from the straight and narrow never stray

But simply because we are His

God’s kids!

Unconditionally loved!

Yes!!

Happy Birthday Cindy!