If God took the initiative to love you in your sinfulness you can imitate Him by being a loving, initiative-taking wife, husband, fellow church member, Christian co-worker, parent, son or daughter, friend, or fiancée. Whatever the relationship, whatever the situation, it’s possible to imitate and initiate God’s personal and sacrificial love if and only if the Spirit of this same God inhabits you.

The universe wasn’t created by a feeling. You and I weren’t saved by a feeling. Our Creator and Savior is not a feeling; He’s a Person! Actually, He’s three Persons in one with a plan and a shared will to carry out that plan. His will toward us is grace, and that sin-forgiving grace is set in motion by His redeeming love for us.