He considered Himself to be the servant of God for the men whom God made and loved.

Let a man be what he will, you are to love him. Love is to be the fruit of the Spirit all the day and every day.

As a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth you.

So you see, Tess, this is really the story about God, the brave, and his love for his bride, you. He gave everything he had for you, including that which he loves the most, Jesus. Not because you do anything great, but because he loves you exactly as you are. That's why he will forgive you, and you can trust him with your whole life and be his friend forever. Isn't this a neat story? I heard it last Sunday night." Tess

For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

If we don't risk being hurt, we cannot give unconditional love. Unconditional love gives others the right to hurt us.

Give what is absolutely free, because he sees nothing in us that can be a ground of salvation.

Supposing a man not only deserves nothing good from you, but he has also provoked you with injustices and injuries—even this is not just cause for you to stop embracing him with affection and fulfilling your duties of love to him.

The fact is, I need God to help me love God. And if I need His help to love Him, a perfect being, I definitely need His help to love other, fault-filled humans.

You don't walk away if you love someone. You help the person.

We must make our homes centers of compassion and forgive endlessly.

Home is where you will always have a place, where you will always feel loved, and you will never be alone.