"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways." The words of the sonnet by Elizabeth Barrett Browning are familiar and sometime perplexing. Especially when we compare the love we share with each other to the love God expresses to us on a daily basis. It's easy to get caught up trying to make human analogies for God's love. But whatever expression of love we can imagine is miniscule next to the reality of God's love as seen in the pages of Scripture.
John writes that God is love. His character is saturated in love. His will is predicated on love. His grace is rooted in love. His mercy is tempered in love. His peace is contingent on love. Is it any wonder why we are incapable of fathoming how great is His love?
Paul wrote to Titus informing him that God cannot lie. If He says He love us, then it must be true. And He does tell us he loves us over and over again. Because we can't understand why or how God loves us does not take away from the fact that He does.
The next time you are feeling unloved by the world, Remember that God loves you with a love so powerful that it is beyond your imagination to believe. Hold on to that thought and never let it go.
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