Divine Love Includes Imperfection

We often struggle to grasp divine love’s true nature. Human love seems bound by conditions and expectations, keeping a constant score of who deserves affection or forgiveness. Yet, God’s love defies this system. Divine love doesn’t weigh or measure; it’s all-encompassing, allowing for imperfection rather than rejecting it. Divine love includes imperfection, which is what makes it divine love. This concept is challenging for us, as we’re conditioned to judge and separate, to see flaws as reasons not to love. When we stop expecting people to be perfect, we become freer and kinder. Letting go of demands allows us to receive others—and ourselves—with grace. This daily practice of saying “yes” to love, even when we see faults, brings us closer to true divine love.

May we embrace divine love that includes imperfection,
freeing us to love ourselves and others with grace.

(inspired by Richard Rohr, Reimagining Notions of Love)