Love Like God Loves - Your Daily Journey with God

God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 5:8

Some people say the world’s best illustration of unconditional love is found in a dog’s response to its owner. They say, “Dogs don’t care if you’re a good person or a bad person—they love you all the same.” Without taking anything away from man’s best friend, there is actually a better example. In fact, the world’s only permanent example of totally unconditional love is the love God has for sinners, for “while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

Paul Gossman, pastor of Peace Lutheran Church in Covington, Washington, explains his church’s mission this way: “To establish people firmly in [God’s] unconditional love for them through Christ” and then spread “His love to our local communities and beyond.”^a Once we have experienced God’s unconditional love, our mission is to manifest that same love to others: “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you” (Ephesians 4:32).

If you have experienced God’s unconditional love, look for the people in your world with whom that love needs to be shared.

There is nothing the Christian can do to make God love him more, or love him less. God’s love for his people is infinite and unconditional.

JOHN BLANCHARD