~ "God's love for you is not based on ignorance or unawareness of sin; nor is it based on a tolerance that overlooks sin. BUT.. knowing your sin, God chose to love you, even though it meant His son's death for you!" V. Hicks ("But God demonstrated His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us". Rom. 5:8) Praise God for His amazing love!! ~

What a wonderful thought, and a freeing and compelling truth, to KNOW that God has settled it for all eternity...we do not have to preform for His love. He has established this divine reality and proven it by offering His Son for Himself on our behalf while we were still hostile sinners opposed to His love. If we didn't have to live up to His standards to gain His love as sinners why is it that we often feel that we have to do something, as His child, to gain His love. Thank You Father for Your relentless love for us period!