Sin has made us unable to love anything or anyone without seeking our benefit. But God does not give up.
His love is a love that suffers because it endures the selfishness, the wretchedness, and all that is absurd in us until we repent, and God’s presence can be restored in our hearts.
Selfless love that suffers to save is the essence of God.
We are to be changed in his image (2 Corinthians 3:18) so that whoever meets us will see, know and love Jesus in us. When Jesus is revealed in us, that honours God the Father!