Equal love from God

[DevotedChild]

Does God love equally or does he love some more than others? If he does, is it possible to know why? And how is that we are insignificant? Don’t we all have an important role to play in God’s plans?

 

[passus]

God does not measure out His love in a way we can say that He loves one individual twice or half or ten times as much as the next. It’s inconsistent with the nature of God and the ultimate benevolence that befits his gift of love (seeing that God is pure love) to say that His love could ever be measured or divided like this.

If we consider what it means for God to love us–that in loving us, God wills our ultimate salvation and that we might share in the ultimate good of His glory–there is no reason why He would will this for any individual less than for another. God made each and every one of us with His will in mind that we would live happily with Him in Heaven forever.

 

[DevotedChild]

Thank for explaining. That makes a lot more sense now. But that doesn’t answer my question about insignificance. I read some where on here that some Brother/holy-man called himself insignificant. Could someone please explain that for me as well.

 

[passus]

I can’t see the quote you’re referencing and so I can’t comment on or speak to its meaning within its context, but the idea of individual insignificance and spiritual poverty or meekness of spirit, particularly by comparison to God, is one that has pervaded Catholic devotion and spiritual practice throughout the history of the religion. That said, it is not an idea that bears any weight on the theological nature of God’s love or his dispensation of that love. Scripture makes it clear that God thinks of each of us as individual and that none of us is insignificant from His point of view.

 

[DevotedChild]

the idea of individual insignificance and spiritual poverty or meekness of spirit, particularly by comparison to God, is one that has pervaded Catholic devotion and spiritual practice throughout the history of the religion.

Oh. I think that is what he meant. When he said that I took it to mean differently. Thanks for clearing that up for me. That helped greatly. Thanks for your help.