God Loves You to the Ends of the Earth and Beyond

Love is what we seek because without it we feel unhappy and restless. We can find pleasure in many things but we only find peace and contentment in a relationship of love. Scripture reminds us and messengers of all faiths have expressed this, but sometimes we don’t “feel” it. Maybe it’s a decision and action that results in a feeling, rather than a feeling that causes an action.

“We love because he first loved us.”- 1 John 4:19 ESV

“God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.” – St. Augustine

“Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.” – Brennan Manning

“So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.”- 1 John 4:16 ESV

“Love is not a because, it’s a no matter what.” – Jodi Picoult (Second Glance)

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the universe, deserve your love and affection.” – The Buddha

… for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” – Hebrews 13:5 ESV

“Bearing and nurturing,
Creating but not owning,
Giving without demanding,
Controlling without authority,
This is love.” – Tao Te Ching, Chapter 10

“Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lie’s man’s only promise.” – Leo Buscaglia

“Humans were created on the basis of love, we have life, and that life God can love; and people can return love or joy to God. God cannot but love people, because we were created in such a way. From God’s standpoint, we should be born in love and live joyfully in love, and die in love. That’s what God would have people do. You are not born out of the life of your parents, but out of the love of your parents.” – Sun Myung Moon