We must be careful not to speak of love as if it were a thing — a static force or substance that exists apart from relationship. Love is not a noun. Love is a verb — an act, a posture, a living current between hearts. It is not something we possess; it is something we become through our choices and actions.
This is why God reveals Himself as Trinity. Love requires relationship — it must be shared, offered, and received. Love is never solitary. It is communion. And this is why we were created: our bodies, minds, and souls are beautifully designed as living antennas tuned to receive and transmit God’s Spirit of Love.
Even our nature mirrors His — we are trinitarian beings (body, soul, and spirit) created for one purpose: communion in love.
But there is a paradox at the heart of divine love: it cannot be forced. Love that is coerced is not love at all. God will not — and cannot — drag us into communion against our will. As the saying goes: “If not chosen freely, then it isn’t love.”
This is why God’s invitation is described as a proposal, not a decree — a marriage, not a mandate. Our restoration into perfect love requires two wills: His and ours. And because God’s will is eternally set toward love, the only question is whether — and when — we will say yes.
Here is the staggering implication of this truth: if love must be freely chosen, then a truly loving God must never stop offering it. And indeed, He never does.Love is patient.
Love is relentless.
Love “keeps no record of wrongs.”
Love “never fails” (1 Corinthians 13).
If God’s invitation were withdrawn the moment we resisted, it would mean rejection is stronger than grace, and sin more enduring than mercy. But if love never fails, then love never stops calling — not at death, not beyond rebellion, not until even the most hardened heart is softened and reconciled.
If love must be freely chosen, and we were created for love, then God’s redemptive plan is incomplete until every free will says yes. If even one soul remains unreconciled forever, we are left with two unthinkable conclusions: either love failed, or God abandoned His purpose.
Both are impossible. Both are heresy.The truth is far more beautiful: Love wins. And because love wins, love waits. Because love waits, love pursues. And because love pursues, one day all will freely return to the Source.
Not by force. Not by fear. But by the relentless, patient, self-giving invitation of a God who will never stop saying, “I want you.”
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