We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Without the black backdrop of our sinful nature and its consequences (God’s wrath), the gospel is a big yawn.
William Farley

It seems the Bible goes out of its way to portray the kindness of God in stark contrast to man’s total undeservedness.
Jerry Bridges