God will look to every soul like its first love because He is its first love.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- People experience God as their first and most important love.
- In plain terms
- God feels like your first love because He is one.
- What can you take from it?
- Treat your connection to God as your primary relationship.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who or what is your first love?
- How does that shape you?
Another view
It assumes a personal view of God.
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