Why love? Because God loves

When you think about the people you love, you think of your family and friends. Only those two. What about all the other people you know? Do you love them too?
At that question you might think, "Really? Love everyone I know? Of course not"

But think about this. When your best friend loves somebody, that must mean that person is worth loving. If they are "cool" enough for you best friend to love, then you and love them too. You trust your friend's judgement to see good in that person and therefor, see it yourself. You end up seeing that person through your friend's eyes.

Now let's say that God is your best friend. Now look at a person you simply dislike. God loves that person for being themselves. Do you trust God? If God loves someone, shouldn't you love that person too?

Now if someone does something mean to your friend, and your friend is really hurt, you are really mad at that person. If your friend forgives that person, you do too. We trust our friend's feelings toward that person. They hate someone, we hate that person because our friend hates them. If they love someone, we do too.
What if we considered God our best friend? Love people because he loves them? View things as if God was your best friend. If he really loves the one person you hate, see them through God's eyes. He made that person and thinks they are perfect. If you treated God like your best friend, you would try to see the good in that person. You may think it's not there, but if God sees it, it most definitely is there.

I was at school the other day, and I was looking around at all the people in my grade and knew there are just a few girls I dislike. I don't really care for their character or they way they look at things and how they talk. But really, God loves them! Shouldn't I? Let me rephrase that statement. My best friend loves them! Isn't that reason enough to love them?

You see, I'm trying to get it out of your head of the God you hear about in church, and into your head that He is not just an almighty person just up in space simply loving every being on earth and helps people out. He wants more than that! He wants a relationship. He wants to be your best friend. Someone you can trust with all your secretes, wishes, desires and thoughts without judging you. He won't listen to you and think, "what a weirdo". He will listen to you and love you! Because you are being you! Not trying to be anyone else. Your best friend can tell when you're not being yourself. They like you best when you don't hold back, be you!

Next time you think, "God loves them", instead think, "My bestest friend in the whole, wide, world loves them sooooo much and would die a hundred times over for them!!!!"

Why love? Because God loves