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"I have loved you with an everlasting love,
Therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you."
-Jeremiah 31:3

"Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored,
And I love you."
-Isaiah 43:4a

"A new commandment I give to you,
That you love one another:
Just as I have loved you,
You also are to love one another.

By this all people will know that you are my disciples
If you have love for one another."
-John 12:34-35

Embrace the Joy, Embrace the Pain

"If we do not embrace the path of joy-laden, painful love, we will waste our lives."
-John Piper