Love is defined as unselfish, loyal, and benevolent concern for the good of another.  God’s love is so great that He gave His only Son to bring us into fellowship with Him.  God’s love not only encompasses the world, but embraces each of us personally and intimately.  The story of the cross is the best example of God’s love for sinful people.  There is nothing lovable about us, but God still loved us so much that He sent Jesus to die for us.

Romans 5:8

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

1 John 4:7-10

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.  The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.  By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

1 John 4:19

We love him, because he first loved us.

Some simple pipe-cleaner heart ornaments, and a re-reading of God Gave Us Love – how full is God’s love for us!

Thank you, Lord, for loving us so much you sent your Son for us!