Today's post is about love. Is it subjective or objective? First , let us define "subjective." Subjective pertains to one specific individual; it is a personal idea or opinion. Objective refers to purely the facts, free from the distortion of personal thoughts or feelings.
Let us look at an example: a mother's love for her child. Objectively, she is supposed to love her child unconditionally. Unfortunately, we all know that this tends to vary between mothers. Subjectively, one mother may spoil her child, while another may abuse him or her. While these are the broad ends of the spectrum, we are all human, and therefore, are not perfect. Only God is perfect, and his love for us is infinite. He loves us to the extent that He died for all of us, despite all the opposition we gave him.
Christ's redemption is objective. He redeemed us all on His Cross, and freed us from sin. However, subjectively, we still need to respond to His call. While God may have redeemed us all, He still gives us the free will to accept or deny that redemption.
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