It's a sacrificial love, one that does not depend on our being lovable. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.
If those words sound familiar, they should. They're the words of 1 Corinthians 13, usually read at weddings. But the love of that chapter is not the love of man for woman, but the love of God for His people. It's the kind of love we all need and want, a love that accepts us no matter what. It's a love by which God has bound Himself to His bride, the Church.