Our second reading for this weekend includes a reminder that God first loved us. Sometimes we are inclined to think that we are the ones who began the relationship we have with God and/or with Jesus. The first chapter of our Bible makes clear that we are created in God’s image, the image of creative love. We pray that we would continue to develop the habit to thank God for the marvelous and wonderful ways God provides all we need to love God in return and to love ourselves and one another as indicators that we truly believe that nothing can separate us from the love of God.