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By Nancy Israel
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1 John 4:19 (NRSV) tells us that “We love because he first loved us.” Because God first loved humans we get to experience love in our lives. We can go all the way back to Adam and Eve to find the first example of God’s love. Even while He was casting judgment on them for their lack of obedience he still offered them the promise of future generations. Now that is certainly an example of love. There are many examples in the bible where God shows his love for his people. Of course the ultimate example would be through his son Jesus Christ.
I personally experience love as I look into my spouse’s eyes, or kiss my children goodnight, or share a hug with another person, or visit with a friend. Recently I was watching a friend’s newborn and feeling that same sense of love that I felt when I first held my oldest child. As I held that baby I wondered if she knew how much she is loved. Not only loved by her parents, but by friends, like me, and especially by her Heavenly Father.
When my heart is filled with the warmth of the love I am blessed to have in my life I am reminded that God’s unconditional love for us is the purest and most original form of love that there is. I am so grateful that God first loved us so that I might experience and share that feeling of love with others in my life.
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