"And because of this great, endless love that God hath to all Mankind, He maketh no disparting (separating) in love between the blessed Soul of Christ and the least soul that shall be saved."
Julian of Norwich (ch. 54)
Our Father God has such a great, endless, boundless love for us, for all humans! This love goes beyond our imaginings. In fact, God loves us just the same as He loves His beloved Son! How can that even be? He has the same affection for us that He has for Christ. He has the same warmth towards us that He has towards Christ. He has the same devotion to us that He has to Christ. He holds us in the same high regard that He holds Christ. He is just as fond of us as He is of Christ. He loves our company just as much as He loves Christ's company. His love is not stronger towards Christ and weaker or lesser towards us. There is absolutely no difference in the love He has for us and the love He has for Christ. It is all one love. It is all the same love. We were created to live inside the family circle of this great, amazing, infinite, perfect, eternal love of the Trinity. Just as a little baby is born into the family circle of loving parents and is cherished and adored and held in the same affection, valued and treated just as special as any member of the family, coming to share in the parent's love, so we are created into the family of God and have been brought to share in the love of the Godhead!
We are never unwanted or uncared for. We are never "just a person." We are the cherished, special, doted on and beloved children of God, sharing in the same love that they share with each other. We may look at ourselves and wonder how God could love us at all, with our faults and struggles. Yet God looks at us and sees us in His love, seeing no difference between us and Christ in His loving heart. No difference! We are just as special, just as beautiful, just as delightful, just as perfect to Him as Christ is. It's all one to Him, Christ and us. We're all one in His love. So let's dare to believe it. We can look at ourselves and others and say, "God makes no difference in the love He has for Christ and the love He has for you. You are bathed continually in perfect love. You are forever enfolded in perfect acceptance, affection, and adoration. The Father loves you just as much as He loves Jesus, with the same fervor, with the same intensity. You are wanted, you are desired, you are beloved by the Father, just as much as Jesus is. "
"His love for His Son is His love for us."
Ephesians 1:6 (MIRROR)
A Prayer: Remind me how much You love me.