First Love

I couldn't agree more to this when I read about "First Love" written by Dave McCasland in Our Daily Journey With God (ODJ).

There, he wrote:

God's first love - a pure, unconditional, and unlimited love. (1 John 4:19)

In contrast to God's love - "the love that often leaves us doubtful, frustrated, angry and resentful is the second love, that is to say, the affirmation, affection, sympathy, encouragement, and support that we receive from our parents, teachers, spouses and friends."

When we look for our worth and identity in human love, as wonderful as it can be, we're headed for disappointment.

Nouwen concludes: "The radical good news is that the second love is only a broken reflection of the first love, and that the first love is offered to us by a God whom there are no shadows. Jesus' heart is the incarnation of the shadow-free first love of God."

We love because He first loved us.
In God's "first love" we are secure. We're free to love and serve others.


Totally agree!! Don't you??



We have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent His Son to be the Savior of the world. All who confess that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God. (1 John 4:14-15)