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1. Bringing Joy to God and All Creation

A man and woman may love each other, but is their love in accord with God’s will and the criterion He requires? Is their love in accord with the model of love that exists in the mind of God?If the first man and woman had become one in love based on the love of God, then they would have become that universal model of love. God surely desired that human beings display such love. The man and woman surely wanted such love from each other. It would have been true love, the very core of the universe. It would have become the standard by which all love is measured. (Blessed Family-334, 06/05/1983)

God’s love and human love are the same in their essence. Love is the power that strives for oneness. Why does a man long for a woman, and a woman long for a man? It is because only through a woman can a man possess God, and only through a man can a woman possess God. In other words, when a man and a woman become one in love, God is in the midst of them. (Blessed Family-334, 04/26/1982)

Remembering that God is the source of the duality of male and female, whenever men praise the beauty and worth of women, or women praise the merit and honor of men, they should give even greater praise to the magnificence of God. (25-277, 10/05/1969)

When a woman whom God loves is in a man’s heart, and a man whom God loves is in a woman’s heart, and the two love each other even as they praise God together, God is delighted with their love and all creation rejoices. Heaven and earth rejoice to see them embracing, for it is precious in their sight.
When that man and that woman embrace each other in mutual affection, the entire universe enfolds them and supports them. This is the original vision of God’s creation. It will be realized in His ideal.
(Blessed Family-334, 02/04/1969)

God’s original design was that each man should meet a woman with whom he can rejoice, and each woman should meet a man with whom she can rejoice. More than this, their budding relationship should bring joy to God and all things of creation.
Then, all creation will be mobilized for this couple and want to receive their dominion. Birds will sing for them, and butterflies will flutter and dance with joy. God will rejoice, people will rejoice, and all of creation will rejoice. Had the first human ancestors started off history by fulfilling this original plan of God, the world today would be the ideal world that God originally envisioned.
(Blessed Family-334, 02/04/1969)