From the moment we begin to grasp just how much God loves us, a deep desire wells up within us to love Him in return.

" We love HIm because He first loved us" ( 1 John 4:19)

I've had many false images myself-- at different times a "higher power" or a stem judge to be feared. But once I saw His unconditional love for me, a love unaffected by who i was and all i had done, my heart was able to say, "Father, I love you." Amazingly, God not only loves us- He actually created us so we can love Him in return.