Unconditional Love

September 4, 2017            UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

Today is Labor Day 2017.  Last year I did not think I would be around.  I feel so very very blessed.  Thank You, Father, for the gift of life and time. 

God, please be with the broken hearted.  I pray for Your special touch today with those who have medical needs, those feeling hopeless. May today be a good day to witness and be Your child.  Let us love unconditionally as You love us.

My husband asked me one time why was my mom so nice? Why did she support him and want the best for him (and us), after all we were adults?!  I looked at him and said, “Because she loves us, unconditionally.” She always wanted the best for people, students she trained, co-workers, friends, grand-kids, anyone she can in contact with. Within the first year of marriage we were pregnant, and life was full of change, and honestly not very easy.  We decided I would stay home with our son and Zach would be the sole provider. He was at working at a bank and really wanted a change. He tried a couple different avenues for ways to make a change and when they hit a dead end he was frustrated.  All you had to say to my mom was, “Peg, do you think you could teach me how to be a Landman?” And her face lit up. She loved her job, she loved the industry, people and challenges. She was ecstatic someone else in the family wanted to be a Landman. She took us under her wing for a year. She gave us a salary to train, so Zach could focus on everything he needed to learn, without the stress and fear of making the house payment. His job was to listen, learn with a lot of homework from her.  I think this was such a gift to my husband, he learned from the best and he saw her unconditional love at the same time. There was never a time in my life when I did not feel the love of my mom. I remembering having a hard time understanding God’s love for me. Then I realized if he loved me ½ as much as my mom, I was in good shape! It was a silly way for me to really wrap my arms around someone loving you though all the good and all the bad…never wavering.