It took me over two years, but I read the Bible cover to cover and what I surmised is that from the start, God created us out of pure love. 

But in that, He gave us the ability to make choices, and part of that is whether or not we choose to love Him back.  After we made some bad choices in that garden, God constantly pursued us and tried to make ways for us to maintain a connection to him, until finally He dealt with that situation once and for all by taking on human form in a man named Jesus, and He set Himself up to become the ultimate sacrifice to provide a very simple way to keep that connection forever.  He died and after three days He rose again, conquering death, and all we have to do is believe that, and the connection is made forever.

The Bible says nothing can separate us from God’s love, not even death.  But then we complicate things.  We may think we aren’t that bad, or maybe we are too bad.   We can become righteous, or maybe complacent.  But the fact is what God did is open to anyone who believes what He did, He did because He loves you and wants you with Him.  So don’t complicate it!

Over the years, several verses have become my anchors.  As I would read them, I would pull out the part of the verse that really resonated with me and say it over and over.

The best part of all of this is He WANTS to do this in our lives, not because we earned it or deserve it or anything else.  It’s simply because He loves us.  So this is my way to just simply present some of my favorite verses in hopes that when you wear it, you’ll be reminded that God loves you and wants to do life with you here and now, and forever.  And maybe someone will see it and ask you about it, and you can tell someone else.