When I Realized I Didn’t Really Love God

by Lori Hatcher

For many years I squirmed whenever I would hear people talking about how much they LOVED God.

I squirmed because I wasn’t sure I did.

Sounds heretical, doesn’t it? Especially for a Christian.

Being painfully honest with myself, I searched my heart. I discovered that I was very grateful to God. I feared and respected God. I even desired to please and serve God.

But did I really LOVE God?

I thought about the people I loved and the warm, affectionate, and sometimes almost painful intensity of emotion that I felt toward them, and I had to admit that I did not feel that level of intense emotion toward God.