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Embracing the Power of God's Unconditional Love
- Nicholas Branch
- Oct 7
- 3 min read
When I close my eyes, I can still feel the weight of the river. The pull of the current. The desperate gasp for air.
That day, as a child drowning, I came face to face with both fear and the Love that overcomes it.
It was the moment everything changed — not just the breath that filled my lungs again, but the knowing that Someone had seen me at my darkest, and still reached for me.
That is who God is. The One who never turns away. The One whose love runs deeper than our fear, stronger than the currents that try to pull us under.
In The River, I wrote about that miracle — about how Heaven touched water and breathed life back into me. And in Our Bodies as the Garden of Eden, I’ve come to understand that the same miracle happens in each of us, every day, when we choose love over fear. Love is not an idea. It is breath. It is rhythm. It is life itself moving through our very cells.
Love and Fear: The Two Languages of the Soul
Fear speaks the language of separation — I’m not enough. I’m too late. I’m alone.
Love speaks the language of truth — You are Mine. You are loved. You are already whole.
Fear tightens the body. Shoulders rise, breath shortens, the heart races. It is the body bracing for what it doesn’t yet see. But love… love expands. The breath deepens. The nervous system softens. Muscles unclench, blood flows freely, the mind clears.
This is the physiology of Heaven — where divine love and physical peace meet. Your body recognizes love as home because it was designed in its image.
When you choose love, your body remembers Eden.
The God Who Is Love — Not Because of What We Do, But Because of Who He Is
There was a time I thought I had to earn this love — through faithfulness, through performance, through perfection. But love cannot be earned because it never began with me.
It began with Him.
God is not waiting for you to become worthy of His love. He is Love. It’s who He is. It’s who He’s always been.
The same God who pulled me from the river pulls each of us into His presence — not to test us, but to show us that love, not fear, is the language of Heaven.
And when we live in that language — when we love God, others, and ourselves — we become the healing we once prayed for. We become the garden again.
The Daily Practice of Love
You don’t have to wait for a perfect moment to feel this love. It meets you in the ordinary:
In a slow breath that fills your lungs.
In sunlight warming your face.
In forgiving yourself for the things you thought disqualified you.
In offering kindness to someone who didn’t earn it.
These small acts are not small at all — they are the seeds of Heaven planted in your daily life. Every time you choose love instead of fear, your body aligns with its original design. Your cells rest. Your mind clears. Your spirit opens.
This is not just spiritual — it’s physical. It’s divine biology.
Love That Erases Darkness
When Jesus said the greatest commandment is to love God, love others, and love yourself, He wasn’t giving us rules to follow — He was giving us the rhythm of Heaven.
Love is the power that heals, restores, and brings light where fear once ruled. It is not weak. It is not soft. It is the strongest force in the universe — and it lives in you.
So today, may you take a deep breath and remember:
You are already loved.
You are already enough.
And no darkness can erase the light that lives inside you.
Returning Home to the Heaven Within
From The River to Our Bodies as the Garden of Eden, this has always been the story — a story of resurrection, of love that finds us in our drowning and calls us back to life.
You are the living garden of God’s love. You were made to flourish.
May this journey lead you to the deep well of love that sustains and transforms all things.
Infinite and unconditional love today and always,
Nicholas
This one is nearest and dear to my heart the infinite and unconditional love of God is everything. Would love to hear how the source of love and light has transformed your life!