Love Of God

I was thinking alot after last night about the love of God. I heard John Piper speak on I John 4. I thought I would take the two key verses that stick out in that chapter and say what God impressed on my heart.
I John 4:7-8
"Beloved let us love one another, for love is from God, and everyone that loveth is born of God. 8. He that loveth not, knoweth not God, for God is love."
I know that most everyone has heard these verses. In fact you may have them memorized, but how often do we really think about what they are saying. Now what I'm about to say I can't totally take credit for because I am paraphrasing what John Piper said.
First it says we need to love eachother because love is from God. So God shows all of us love. In John 3:16 it says he loved us enough to send his son to die for us. So there is no question of his love. If we love then it says that is proof that we are born of God, or saved.
Then in the next verse it says the person that doesn't love is not saved. I know we all have people who we might sometimes hate, but what this means is that if you are saved hating should not be part of your lifestyle. We are human but should try our best not to hate, and can only do it with God's help. Then it says something interesting "God is love". That statement means alot but let me try and sum it up the way John Piper did. This is paraphrased. God shows love to us because he is love. It's a natural reaction. He shows love like how the sun gives warmth because it is warmth, and water makes us wet because it itself is wet. It's not the same way the mailman gives us a letter but the mailman himself is in no way related to the letter. He himself is not made of letters.
That is the love of God. God not only gives it but is in fact the embodiment of it. That is awesome!