God's purposes: To Love and Be Loved

John 15:9 "Just as the Father has loved Me,
I have also loved you; abide in My love."

He created us,
He is captivated by us,
He wants us to respond.

1 John 3:1 "How great is the love the Father has lavished on us,
that we should be called children of God!
And that is what we are!"

eternal love.
unconditional.

If we can be secure in His love,
which is more than enough for us,
than we can in turn love and serve others,
because we aren't relying on
broken, imperfect people to fill us with love.

Isaiah 30:18
Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you,
And therefore He waits on high to have
compassion on you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
How blessed are all those who long for Him."

o how I do not grasp His love,
rely on it,
let Him lavish His gentle, kind, holy love
or respond as much as I should.

friends! how great is His love!