“The #good, the #bad, the #ugly, the #lovely” – all are His children – created in His Image!  How can I ever understand the depth of God’s love for us that He would lay down His own life to pay for our sinful acts of defiance toward Him; in other words, taking our punishment to set us free..What love..1John3 “Behold, what manner of LOVE the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of GOD:”  7.”Let no man deceive you; one that does righteousness is righteous, even as Christ is.  He that commits sin is of the devil; for the devil sinned from the beginning.  For this purpose the Son of God was revealed that He might destroy the works of the devil. 1John4 ” Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him, and he in God..GOD IS LOVE; and he who dwells in love dwells in God and God in him.  Our love is made perfect in Him, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.  There is no fear in love; for perfect LOVE CASTS OUT FEAR.”. .   3. “Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:….. he that knows God hears and knows the spirit of truth from the spirit of error…let us LOVE ONE ANOTHER; FOR LOVE IS OF GOD...He that does not love does not know God; for GOD IS LOVE”