how God loves you

God loves you the way you are, but He refuses to leave you that way, He wants you to be just like Jesus.

God loves you the way you are. If you think His love for you would be stronger if your faith were, you are wrong. If you think His love would be deeper if your thoughts were, wrong again.
Don’t confuse God’s love with the love of people. The love of people often increases with performance and decreases with mistakes. Not so God’s love. He love you right where you are.

God’s love never ceases. Never. Though we spurn Him. Ignore Him. Reject Him. Despise Him. Disobey Him. He will not change. Our evil cannot diminish His love. Our goodness cannot increase it. Our faith does not earn it anymore than our stupidity jeopardizes it. God doesn’t love us less if we fail or more if we succeed. God’s love never ceases.

God loves you just the way you are, but He refuses to leave you that way.
He wants us to be just like Jesus.

Just Like Jesus - Max Lucado -