See what kind of love the Father has given us: We are called God's children and that is what we are! For this reason the world does not recognize us, because it did not recognize him, either.

He said: "I love you, Lord, my strength.

How great is your goodness that you have reserved for those who fear you, that you have set in place for those who take refuge in you, in the presence of the children of men.

How precious is your gracious love, God! The children of men take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

Since ancient times no one has heard, and no ear has perceived, and no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.

But as it is written, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things that God has prepared for those who love him."

God is love

The person who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

And he

No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.

The person who keeps his commandments abides in God, and God abides in him. This is how we can be sure that he remains in us: he has given us his Spirit.

General references

A vegetarian meal served with love is better than a big, thick steak with a plateful of animosity.

My people will live in peaceful dwellings, in secure homes and in undisturbed resting places.

This is how we know that we abide in him and he in us: he has given us his Spirit.