Anything not done in love is done wrong

I recently heard the phrase, “anything not done in love is done wrong”. Here at Open Door Mission as we connect with our homeless and near-homeless friends it is so important for us to do all we do out of a spirit of unconditional love. You see, unconditional love is a love that reaches out to others without placing conditions on them. If my love for others is conditional, then the way I love others is the wrong way to love.

I Peter 4:8 says, “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”

Whether I am a volunteer or in a paid staff position unconditional love should rule in my heart and my actions. If unconditional love does not rule, then what I am doing will not have a lasting impact on lives that so desperately need to find hope.

When we see through eyes of love we begin to see people as God sees them, not as man sees them. When we begin to see the hungry and homeless through God’s eyes, we see past the surface and are willing to do all we can to give meaning to hearts that are broken. We become willing to give, to touch, to embrace, and to connect with the person because we know that love, God’s love, is deep and can make an amazing difference in a life that needs to be transformed.

No matter where a person comes from, what they have done, or what they look like……love them deeply, because “anything not done in love is done wrong.”

Celeste Norman
Heartland Hand Coordinator