The Jewish expression of the phrase “God is Love” means that God is so loving, and His love is so consistent, so intense, so deep, so transcending, and is such an integral part of his character.

Therefore, to express it in the maximum way possible, we say that He is love – that is, simply saying that God is the ultimate standard of love.

The term “love” is frequently associated with affections and emotions, but practically speaking, love requires a subject, an object, and an action.

That means we need a person to do the loving, an object to receive the love, and the act of love itself.

Genuine love cannot be expressed by oneself; it requires another person to reciprocate the desire towards.

Thus, God did not just begin to experience “love” only after He created humans (objects whom he could love). But, God instead is love by nature from eternity past. 

This means that God did not need to create human beings in order to become loving. Instead, even before creation, a loving community existed between the three persons of the God-head the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

It was out of the overwhelming outpouring of this love that God decided to create human beings to invite them into what was already established in the Trinity.

Love is a strong emotion that we all experience and, we sometimes wonder how it could be so powerful.

Could it be that we only experience this because we are created in the image and likeness of God?

God provided the ultimate showcase of His love for us on the Cross, where He allowed His only Son to be given up as a sacrifice.

Now God, through His Son and by the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives, molds us into becoming more like Jesus as we look to join this loving community in Heaven.