It's all very simple. God is love. He is love's origin, example, and architect. I love because he loved me first. I know how to love because he has demonstrated it. I can love because he made me in his likeness and to share his character. He is the fountain, the motivation, and the pinnacle of love. I love because he does, first, last, and always.
We love because [God] first loved us.
— 1 John 4:19
Dear Lord, thank you for comforting us with your love. Just as a child learns from parents how to do so many things, we want to learn to love as you do: sacrificially, selflessly, and submissively so that others may know that they do not have to earn your love, only receive it. In Jesus name. Amen.
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