The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing. —ZEPHANIAH 3:17

Neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. —ROMANS 8:39

To love enemies breaks through the self barrier into divine space.

But Augustine knew the Bible's main mission: so that we can become people who love God and love others. If our reading of the Bible leads to this, the mission is accomplished. If it isn't …

Jesus is eternally right. History is replete with the bleached bones of nations that refused to listen to him. May we in the twentieth century hear and follow his words—before it is too late. May we solemnly realize that we shall never be true sons of our heavenly Father until we love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us.

I have given God countless reasons not to love me. None of them has been strong enough to change Him.

And God said, Love your enemy, & I obeyed Him & loved myself.

To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.

To know that God knows everything about me and yet loves me is indeed my ultimate consolation.

Jesus Christ, in His infinite love, has become what we are, in order that He may make us entirely what He is.

Christianity can be summed up in the two terms faith and love...receiving from above [faith] and giving out below [love].

No matter what storm you face, you need to know God loves you. He has not abandoned you.