Why do we so often believe--at least in our actions--that someone has
to earn our love--be worthy of being loved? How much love would there
be in the world if that was so? Did you earn His love? Do you think
you could? I think that idea is really just another subtle form of
idolatry--dishonest idolatry. To be "worthy" of our love just means
that they have to do what we want them to do in order to please us. God
calls us to love as He loves. Did He send His Son into the world--our
loving Savior--because He thought the people in the world were worthy of
being loved, forgiven, lavished with grace?
"Wide, wide as the ocean, high as the heavens above, deep, deep as the deepest sea is my Savior's love. Oh, though so unworthy, still I'm a child of His love; for His Word teaches me that His love reaches me anywhere."
"Little children, let us love one another for love is of God."
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