14 Quotes about God’s Love
Need a pick me up today? Then take the time to consider this list of quotations about the love of God.
I didn’t cite sources, but these are culled from various locations, and (obviously) none are original with me.
Enjoy, and be encouraged. God loves you!
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“A sinner may go to hell unsaved, but none will go there unloved!” (Allen Webster)
“God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.” (Augustine)
“Thoughts and feelings come and go. God’s love for us does not.” (C.S. Lewis)
“See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And so we are.” (The Apostle John; First John 3:1)
“God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.” (Jacques Deval)
“God loves us the way we are, but too much to leave us that way.” (Leighton Ford)
“I led them with cords of kindness; with the bands of love.” (God in Hosea 11:4).
“Love is God’s novel. Let Him write it.” (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
“The greatest honor we can give Almighty God is to live gladly because of the knowledge of His love.” (Julian of Norwich)
“God is love. Therefore love. Without distinction, without calculation, without procrastination, love.” (Henry Drummond)
“God shows His love for us in that, while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Paul; Romans 5:8)
“Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.” (G.K. Chesterton; while this quote does not mention God, it describes His love for us beautifully)
“Where love is, there God is also.” (Mohandas Ghandi)
“For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels or rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Paul; Romans 8:38-39)
6 Comments
Joey Sparks
Great list!
Obviously, I love the ones from the Bible itself. But of those not from scripture, the “God loves us the way we are, but too much…” is probably my fave.
Daniel Gaines
Thanks for this list. I think I’ll share this with the congregation tonight.
Adam Faughn
Joey,
My favorite (not from the Bible) is the one by Julian: “The greatest honor we can give…..”.
Scott
Great pick-me-up as promised. From the extra-biblical selections, I like Deval’s “God loved birds and invented trees . . .”
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