Unconditonal Love for God

There are three levels of our love towards God.

First, we love God out of fear of punishments.

Second, we love God because of the countless gifts which God would grant us, such as consolations in prayer, blessings in our life, peace in our family and going to Heaven, etc.

Third, we love God unconditionally, even in the midst of all kinds of sicknesses, failures, losses, disasters, calamities, desolations, death of loved ones, etc. (cf. Rom 8:35-39; and the story of Job in the Old Testament). We love God even knowing that we will surely end up in Hell. We love God and continue to do our daily prayers even knowing that we will remain forever in the beginning grades of prayer on earth.

Indisputably, it is only our unconditional love for God which can truly please God and give us true inner freedom.