The more you learn about the cross, the more your love grows in your heart.
Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada. And I did not love God in the beginning. There was nothing in my fleshly nature that was drawn to God, but thankfully, he placed within my heart a love for him. First John 4 says that “We love because he first loved us.” It’s the way anyone’s love for God starts—God is credited with planting the seed of love within our dark hearts. And now, many years later, I find that the seed has borne an abundance of love for God! The older I get, the more I appreciate all that he gave up, all that he condescended to do; all that he left behind to rescue me from my sin. The more I learn about the cross, the more his love grows in my heart. Friend, if you find that you do not love God, ask him to put his love in your heart. And then, as you read and pray, watch that love grow.
© Joni and Friends