I am convinced that God loves me, I am not sure that He always likes me.

My faith tells me that because God loves me, he is always working things for my good. This is of course the nature of love. Loving, as opposed to liking, involves actions more so than feelings. Just as we can love someone without liking them, it only seems logical that God loves people even when He doesn’t like them. We might say that God is loving us into the kind of people with whom He enjoys spending time. So, who does God like to hang around?

“These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word.” Is.66.2 “Conversations Within” ts 3/11/2019