We Love God

"We love him, because he first loved us."  I John 4:19.  Love is the greatest of all virtues.  The character of God is love.  He reached down to man and expressed His love for us.  We were enemies and alienated from Him, but still, He loved.  We love Him because of His expression of love for us.  The greatest of commandments is that we are to love God.  Matthew 22:37.  Love is the foundation upon which the relationship is built.  Our love for Him is to be a sincere love.  Ephesians 6:24.  Thus, He will bestow His grace upon us.  Even though our eyes have not looked upon Him, still we love Him.  I Peter 1:8.  His love is an overpowering love.  The love we have for God causes us to love one another, and even, to love our enemies.  God loved the unlovely, and thus, must we for without His love for us, we are unlovely.  Our love for God removes the malice and envy from our hearts.  His love for us purifies us.  We can overcome the vices that can cast us down because we love Him.  Because heaven reached down to us and touched our hearts, we can reach up to heaven.  That love overpowers our hearts and brings us to love and appreciate the God who "first loved us."