Too often we think of God as the mighty arm of doom stretching out from heaven and pounding down on the sinners of the world. Nothing could be further from the truth. Genesis 1 reminds us that when God created us, He created us in His own image. We are a reflection of the Creator. That is the first indication of His amazing love. He designed us to be like Himself, like new parents know their child will carry family resemblances. God loved us enough to create us.
In Genesis 3 and 4, we see two more examples of His never-ending love. The first is the great tragedy, the fall of mankind. When God's precious children chose their own independence over their obedience to Him, to the Father, God still showed His love. That would have been the easiest starting-over point, and yet He couldn't or wouldn't bring Himself to wipe out His beloved children. He loved them more than their disobedience. In the next chapter, we see the first example of homicide. How horrible! One human taking the precious life of another, and in the case one brother (Cain) taking another's (Abel). If God wasn't hurt by His children's disobedience, certainly this caused Him pain. And yet He chose not only to allow Cain to live, He protected him.
From the beginning God has shown His love for His children. We question and we doubt He could truly love ignorant misfits like us. We can't fathom that a perfect and holy Creator would care so much for creations that rebel so often. But God shows us that from the very beginning He chooses to love those He creates, even within their sin. That does not give us license to do whatever we want. In fact, it doesn't tell us anything about ouselves at all. It shows us only how perfect God's love is for us...His never-ending love.
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