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Mere Christianity,

pages 132-133:

On the whole, God's love for us is a much safer subject to think about than our love for Him. Nobody can always have devout feelings: and even if we could, feelings are not what God principally cares about. Christian Love, either towards God or towards man, is an affair of the will. If we are trying to do His will we are obeying the commandment, 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God.' He will give us feelings of love if He pleases. We cannot create them for ourselves, and we must not demand them as a right. But the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, His love for us does not. It is not wearied by our sins, or our indifference; and, therefore, it is quite relentless in its determination that we shall be cured of those sins, at whatever cost to us, at whatever cost to Him. (emphasis mine)

We love because he first loved us. (1 John 4:19)

Because God works we work. (John Murray)

Side note: has anyone else ever gotten their hair stuck on a fly strip? What about your arm? yeah...it happened to me this evening. A garage is a silly place to have a fly strip, don't you think? ;-)

photo: Cinque Terre, Italy 2007