小雅將背包收拾妥當，在窗邊坐好，急切地等待爸爸的到來。但她從上午等到下午，等到夜色降臨，她的熱情也逐漸冷卻。她領悟到爸爸這次又不會來了。

小雅的父母離婚，她渴望能跟爸爸共度一段時光。在失望之餘，這樣的想法再次在她腦中浮現：我一點都不重要，爸爸一定不愛我。

然而，後來小雅認識了耶穌，她像所有接受耶穌為救主的人一樣深刻體會到，雖然父母或其他人會令我們失望，但我們有一位愛我們的天父，祂絕不會令我們失望。

使徒約翰寫了一本福音書、三封新約書信和啟示錄，他深深瞭解上帝的愛是多麼長闊高深。事實上，他自稱為「耶穌所愛的那門徒」（約翰福音21章20節），並認為自己的生命因為基督對他的愛而得到改變。他寫道：「你們看，父賜給我們的是怎樣的愛，就是讓我們可以稱為上帝的兒女，我們也真是祂的兒女。」（約翰一書3章1節，新譯本）

上帝如此愛我們，甚至賜下祂的愛子耶穌為你我流血捨命（16節；約翰福音3章16節）。我們隨時都能藉著禱告來到祂面前，而且祂已應允：「我總不撇下你，也不丟棄你」（希伯來書13章5節）。我們可以在祂的愛裡得享平靜安穩。

Kim settled in by the window, bag packed, waiting eagerly for her daddy to arrive. But as the bright day darkened and then turned to night, her enthusiasm faded. She realized Daddy wasn’t coming—again.

Kim’s parents were divorced, and she longed to spend time with her father. Not for the first time she thought, I must not really matter. He must not love me.

As Kim later learned—and as all of us who receive Jesus as our Savior come to know—though our earthly parents and others will disappoint us, we have a heavenly Father who loves us and won’t let us down.

John—the author of three inspired biblical letters, the gospel bearing his name, and the book of Revelation—understood the depth of God’s love. In fact, he referred to himself as “the disciple whom Jesus loved” (John 21:20), identifying himself as someone whose life had been changed by Christ’s love for him. “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” he wrote (1 John 3:1).

God loves us so much that He gave His Son Jesus, who laid down His life for us (v. 16; John 3:16). He’s always available to us in prayer, and He promises, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5). We can rest secure in His love.