Perhaps the
most well known and used text in the Bible is John 3:16; this portion of
scripture emphasises the reason Christ laid down His life on Calvary for the
salvation of the human family. John says that reason is love. “For God so loved the world, that
He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not
perish, but have everlasting life.” It is this same John who helps us to
understand why God can only act out of love in 1 John 4: 8 where he points out
that God is Love. However, we cannot see God directly so He has painted several
portraits of Himself: we see that portrait in the life of His son Christ Jesus,
and that is why Christ said, when you see me, you see the Father; we see Him in
his creation, that is why the Psalmist David says in Psalm 19 that “The heavens
declare the glory of God, and the firmament sheweth his handywork;” indeed,
human beings have also been tasked with that responsibility – to show forth
God’s love. This photographic review gives us a glimpse, a portrait of God’s
love.
