Very little children understand what love is. Baby lips say, “I love Papa,” “I love Mamma.” They respond to the loving caresses of their parents, brothers and sisters. They love in return, those that love them.
But God loves those who do not love Him—yes, those who even hated Him and nailed His beloved Son to the cross. God’s love is much greater than the love of any one on earth.
If we love God and are seeking to please Him, unselfish love like His will be part of the fruit we bear. It will make us do good to those who do not love us. It will make us patient when others hurt or wrong us, while without this love of God we might grow impatient and even angry. It will also make us do cheerfully, things that we would rather not do.
I hope all my little readers will ask God for more of this love, and thus bear fruit which is pleasing to Him.
ML 03/15/1903