The Love of God

The love of God is so amazing. It affects us in many ways but we do not often think about how good it is. It is why we were created and it is even involved in the two greatest commandments. The first was to LOVE the Lord you God with all of your heart, mind, and soul. The second greatest commandment was to LOVE you neighbor as yourself.


God's first act of love was acting as a Creator. He created everything and gave it all a purpose to exist. When he was done he said that it was good. After loving Adam so much and seeing that he needed someone, God created Eve. Even after man sinned against God in the garden, He granted mercy and did not kill Adam and Eve but rather just punished man.


In John 3:16 it says “For God so LOVED the world that he gave his one and only son, so that for whoever should believe in him should receive eternal life.” This is one of the most known verses and it even involves God's love. This verse is about how God sent Jesus down to live in our dirty little world in order to play his part in the long planned redemption plan. He died for man because of his love for us. He went through torture and shed much blood and sweat for something that he did not do but rather for the same people that were hurting him.


Our God is very forgiving to us and does takes our sins away as if they never happened. If he did not come to die for us then we would not have forgiveness and this world would be in even worse shape than it is right now. His fountain of love never ends. He loved all humans from the start and he has not stopped and he will not. Even today he continues to show the billions of people on earth each mercy daily. Jonah is a great example of how forgiving God is. Jonah tried to run away and ignore the purposes God made for him but God just showed him the way back and gave him a second chance. God also gave this second chance to the people that Jonah preached to.


Our wonderful Father has earned himself many great titles such as King of all Kings but one of them is friend. He is always there for us and will never leave us or forsake us. Our friends down here on earth may come and go but the words of God will stand forever. We can talk to him whenever we need and he will be there listening through prayer. He actually cares for us and will help us.


His LOVE was also shown by teaching us how to be more like him. When he came down to earth he did not only come to die for us but he did not spend his spare time messing around. He preached to the people and when he was not preaching he took the activity he was doing and applied a lesson to it. He gave us the Bible so that we could have something to base our lives on and show us what has happened in the past. His teachings have shown us how to love just like he does to us so that we may be more Christlike.