The only reason you can love God or anybody else is because God first loved you. And he showed that love by sending Jesus Christ to Earth to die for you.

Here's a salute to a long life: goodness that outlives the grave, love that outlasts the final breath. May you live in such a way that your death is just the beginning of your life.

From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace" (John 1:16 ESV).

The LORD is good. His love is forever, and his loyalty goes on and on. Psalm 100:5

You and I have a "friend who sticks closer than a brother" (Prov. 18:24) for "greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends" (John 15:13). No matter what happens, no matter who rejects you or humiliates you, God will never betray you. Stay faithful, believer. You are on the winning team. The King of all kings will return and take His rightful throne.

My lips will glorify You because Your faithful love is better than life. Psalm 63:3

A romance with Christ differs so dramatically from a romance between mortals.

From eternity to eternity the Lord's faithful love is toward those who fear Him. Psalm 103:17

The marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has prepared herself. Revelation 19:7

We have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God. 1 John 4:16

What a man desires is unfailing love. Proverbs 19:22 (NIV)

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His love endures forever. Psalm 136:1 (NIV)