YOU’RE SHOCKED THAT I WOULD SAY THAT I LOVE PROSTITUTES, but I’m hoping when I’m done explaining why, you might say you do too.
I want to be like Jesus. I’m not there, I’m not even close, but I want to love the things he loved and love as he loved. Jesus loved the forgotten, the broken, the abused, the lonely, the hurting, and the worldly. He loved them unconditionally, with a love we will never be able to understand perhaps, but one that we can model by following his example.
Strangely, although many Christians want the loving forgiveness of Jesus, they struggle to see the value in those who do not measure up to their standard. I want to be like Jesus: So I love the hurting, the drug addict, the broken hearted, the prostitute, and whomever Jesus loved.
I also love those that are hurting because I know that I’m in need of unconditional love myself. To say that “I’m not perfect” would be a cliche. It’s more than that: it’s that I was lost and am lost without Jesus and I’m no better or worse than anyone else. To love those that are addicted, selling their bodies, lying, cheating, stealing and committing other sins isn’t an act of pity or charity for the follower of Jesus. Instead it is an act of obedience and a recognition that this is the condition in which Jesus found me.
Every believer should follow the example of Jesus by:
Loving and caring for the poor
Reaching out to the hurting and lonely
Sharing Love extravagantly instead of measuring it out with judgement
Give and live the message of the hope of forgiveness through Jesus.
I love unconditionally because I was loved unconditionally.
The Rescue Mission is about seeing the lives of the homeless, hurting and lonely transformed into healthy, happy people. Our New Life Program accepts women seeking to escape drug abuse, physical abuse, prostitution and more. In addition, here are some great ministries that work in this arena:
Treasures: http://www.iamatreasure.com/
Charisma: http://www.justcharisma.org/
this story gives me hope and that I know god loves me unconditionally thank you.
Luke 7:36-50
36Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with Him, so He went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume, 38and as she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.
39When the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, He would know who is touching Him and what kind of woman she is-that she is a sinner.”
40Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.”
“Tell me, teacher,” he said.
41″Two men owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he cancelled the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”
43Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt cancelled.”
“You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.
44Then He turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. 46You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. 47Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven-for she loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.”
48Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”
49The other guests began to say among themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”
50Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
It does not matter what your secret sin is. It does not matter what power your sin has over you and what deficiencies hold you back from walking in the purity and the liberty of full obedience to Jesus Christ. One thing is true, the worse a sinner you are when you meet Jesus, the more you love Him when He accepts you with open arms.