God Loves His Children

Three ways God manifests His love for us

1. Family relationships
2. He has called prophets

I like the story of a family where the mother calls “phones on the deck” for everyone to put their phones down so they can have real face time.

1. Relationships with God and family manifest His love.
   • Our most valuable relationships are with the Father and the Son and with our own families because our ties to them are eternal.
   • Distractions can sometimes prevent us from experiencing God’s love in our family relationships and activities. A mother, feeling that gadgets were taking over her family relationships, came up with a solution. At the dinner table and at other family times, she just calls out, “Phones on the deck; let us have face time.” She says that this is the new norm for their family and that it strengthens their relationship as a family when they have real face time.
2. He manifests His love to His children by calling prophets.
3. Chastening can be a manifestation of God’s love for His children.
   • His promised blessing of peace is open to all those who courageously walk the covenant path and are willing to receive correction.
   • When we recognize the chastening and are willing recipients, it becomes a spiritual surgery. Who likes surgery, by the way? But to those who need it and are willing to receive it, it can be lifesaving.