The Father himself loves you

Two great quotations to ponder from Jim Day's blog Thought from the Day:

When we doubt God’s love for us because we think there is something about us that makes us unloveable in his sight, we do God a disservice. God does not love us because of what we’re like, he loves us in spite of what we’re like, and he gives us his Son as proof.

Charles Hodge

The greatest sorrow and burden you can lay on the Father, the greatest unkindness you can do to him is not to believe that he loves you.

John Owen

You can read more from Hodge, and get some reflections from Jim here.