Divine love

Leslie Fuhrmann considers the nature of divine love

'Is love a universal gift?' | Photo: Photo: Nina Matthews / flickr CC.

Oxford English Dictionary definitions suggest that divine love is strong feelings of affection having to do with God. It is usually felt to be a gift of universal love from God to mankind. Are all Friends of the Truth at ease with this broad statement?  Is love a universal gift? The energies proceeding from God are universal, but is divine love universal or, indeed, real? What of the calamities that affect good people and bad alike: war, disease, pests, famine, storms, floods, droughts, forest fires, earthquakes and poverty? A universal love from God? Something doesn’t fit. Perhaps we should consider alternative views of divine love.

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