"Belief in God doesn't automatically result in the belief- the genuine heart conviction- that God loves us."
A thought by Craig Groeschel, from his book, The Christian Atheist: When You Believe in God But Live as if He Doesn’t Exist (p. 60). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) But doesn’t the Bible say that God so loved the world? Yes, but for so many, they don’t believe that means them. Craig says, “Oddly, our disbelief doesn’t necessarily question whether God can or does love people. We… can easily believe that God loves other people; we just can’t comprehend how or why he’d love us. We hide our real selves from other people to ensure they won’t reject us. How much more we hide from God! There’s just no way God could love someone as undeserving and evil as I am. ” Ok, ok, I know that may be how you feel but here is a fact. Craig says, “Love is not something God does. It is who God is. And because of who he is, God loves you. Period.” He goes on, “According to 1 John 4: 8, God is love. That means God doesn’t pick an