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b'At a young age, I was afraid of God. I grew up\\nbeing taught that God is perfect and would\\nbe angry at me when I commit a sin or break His commandments. I had learned\\nthat God, in His anger toward me when I sin, would punish me.\\nAnd it\\u2019s true that, in Scripture, God does sometimes get angry, especially\\nwhen His people continue to go against His good laws and refuse to turn\\nback to Him. Sin hurts people, so it makes sense that a loving God would\\nget angry at sin. When Jesus Christ\\ncame, He revealed who God is. If we are in Christ, God no longer holds His\\nanger against us (Romans 8:1).\\nThe apostle John, who was one of Jesus\\u2019s close friends, wrote that \\u201cGod is\\nlove\\u201d\\n(1 John 4:16). God is the author of love. He loves you, and He sent Jesus\\nto come and save you. He knows that you\\u2019re not perfect and have sinned.\\nThat\\u2019s why Jesus came to die for our sins. If you\\u2019ve put your trust in\\nJesus, God has taken your sin upon Himself and forgiven all of it: He\\naccepts and loves you because you are His child and He is your Father.\\nWe can also see God\\u2019s patient love throughout the Old Testament. When He\\ncommanded Jonah to go to Nineveh and Jonah disobeyed Him, God was patient\\nwith Jonah. He saved and restored Jonah, even as He saved and restored the\\npeople of Nineveh.\\nThe next time you sin, remember that God loves you so much that He sent\\nJesus. You can repent from your sin and rest in His patient love and\\nforgiveness. \\u2981 Golda Dilema\\n\\u2981 Do you sometimes fear what God is about to do to you when you make a\\nmistake? In response to the sin of humanity, God did not condemn us.\\nInstead, He sent Jesus to save and restore us by dying on the cross and\\nrising from the dead. God loves you and wants wholeness for you. What might\\nit look like to\\nrest in this truth, even as you seek to follow God\\u2019s good ways?\\nThe Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in\\nfaithful love. Psalm 103:8 (CSB)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nPs.103.8-Ps.103.14|John.3.16-John.3.17|1John.4.14-1John.4.19'