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        An 
        Unfailing Love 
        Very possibly, God's love is even greater for us at the point where 
        we fail to follow God's Word and way. God's love for me, for 
        each and all of us, is not based on my or our performance (Thanks 
        be to God), but on the revealed nature of the heart of God. Another 
        way of saying this is in a one-liner I often use: "God does not 
        love me because I am good, but because God is good." 
      In terms 
        of our failures, the deep awareness of God's forgiveness 
        is often the tap root of one's spirituality. Forgiveness breathes 
        new life over and over into the life of the one forgiven. God, the 
        Great Forgiver, embraces each of us in our darkest failures. 
         
        -- From the question "How can God love us when we consistently fail 
        to follow His word?" 
        by the Rev. Dr. Douglass M. Bailey 
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