He hates us. ( 1 John 3 v 1 )

In Hosea 14 v 9,we read,' The ways of the Lord are right', but Israel failed to appreciate the way He was leading them.Again considering Deuteronomy 1 ,when they were about to enter the promise land,they had heard the report by 10 of the spies who went to view the land ,while agreeing it was a good land,they said,''We are not able to go up against this people, for they are stronger than we are''( Numbers 13 v 33)The people said Gods intention was to destroy them, and that He hated them ,( Deut 1 v 27 - 28) Fear had taken over ,they appeared  to have forgotten all Gods mighty works, that they had witnessed.They did not listen to the words of Moses, ''Have no fear of them. The Lord your God, who goes before you,is the one who will fight for you, just as He did for you in Egypt before your very eyes''. ( Deut 1 v  29 - 30 ).But  they did fear, they did drawback, contrary to what they felt, God did not hate them ,they were His children,His plan was not to destroy them, He loved them.As Raymond Brown points out, ''The Lord had chosen them not on the bases of their superior numbers,( 7 v 7 ),power ( 8 v 17), or morality ( 9 v 4 ), but simply  because He loved them  and wanted to use them''. Let us all remember this truth that God loves us .,He does not want to destroy us ,He does not Hate us.                                                                                                                                                                                                             I am thine ,O Lord,I have heard Thy voice,                                                                                               And it told Thy love to me;                                                                                                                       But I long to rise in the arms of faith                                                                                                         And be closer drawn to Thee.                                                                                                                           (Fanny J Crosby )