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You cannot disconnect God's love from the sacrifice He made of His Son for mankind.
"For God soloved the world that He gave His only begotten Son." Understanding God's love for us is paramount to understanding the sacrifice.
Christ's love is also paramount:
2Co 5:14 For the love of Christ is constraining us, judging this, that, if One died for the sake of all, consequently all died."
Not until I realized that there was no hierarchy between myself and Christ and boldly, in pain from being broken and no one seemed to care was I able to completely and wholly surrender myself to His healing.. I found my salvation, my truth, and my Lord and was healed spiritually.
Only through His grace, his love His nurturing, His life as a man, and the people he has put in my path have I continued to grow..