He wants the world to be filled with the same

You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’... A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself. (Matthew 22:37–39 NLT)

 God’s Word tells us that God is love and that He wants the world to be filled with the same. God’s love is seen in action in the Gospels, in the way that Jesus lived: from healing the blind to raising the dead, from caring about children to washing dirty feet, from feeding the multitudes to teaching His followers.
 A book published in 2016 called God and the Afterlife3 has given us more evidence by interviewing thousands of people who had near-death experiences. When asked, “During your experience, did you encounter any specific information/awareness regarding love?” 58.1% of those volunteers said yes. Here is a sampling of their quotes:
 - “Love was everywhere. It permeated the afterlife. It was incredible.”
 - “I was loved unconditionally despite my faults and fears.”
 - “No human can ever love with the love I felt in that light. It is all-consuming, all-forgiving. Nothing matches it. It is like the day you looked into the eyes of your child for the first time magnified a million times. It’s indescribable.”
 These firsthand accounts tell us a lot about God’s love for each of us and how big it is! May we do our part to share His truth and love with others so they can know and experience it for themselves. —Curtis Peter van Gorder [1]

 Happiness is love. Full stop. —George Vaillant

[1] Activated The Light of Love

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