Because He Is Love

I came across this morning preparing for a class I am going to have. Wanted to share.

BECAUSE HE IS LOVE
 
Who of us does not have times when he thinks he is not good enough to go to God for help?
But God does not help me because He approves or disapproves of what I am doing.
  God helps me because He is God. Because He is life. Because He is love.
  God does not help me because I am good. God helps me because He is good.
  God does not help me because I deserve help, or love me because I deserve love.
  Do you love only those who have no flaws? And would you think that you can love where God cannot?
Love sees things perfect in spite of flaws.
  I do not have to be perfect to lay hold of love’s perfection.
  God does not answer my prayers to reward me because I have been good or deny my prayers to punish me because I have been bad.
  God does not strike a bargain. God does not work for pay…..God gives.
  God does not wait until I give myself to Him to give Himself to me. He seeks me even when I flee from Him. And whither may I flee from Him who is everywhere at hand?
  God has me in his heart, whether I have Him in my heart or not.
  I do not have to be the most willing for Him to choose me, or the most capable for Him to use me.
  It is not only good people God has used to do His good.
  It is not only brave people God has used to win His victories.
  It is not only righteous people God has used to establish right.
  So I hold out my heart and I pray, “God, whatever my heart may have felt, love though it.”
  I hold out my mind and I pray, “God, whatever my mind may have thought, think through it.”
  I hold out my hands and I pray, “God whatever my hands may have done, act through them.”
  For I know that God does not give His strength only to the strong or His wisdom only to the wise, or His joy only to the joyful, or His blessing only to the blest.
  God does not help us because of what I am. God helps me because of what He is.
  GOD IS LOVE!