Do You Love the Belief in God?

"Many men believe in the existence of a God; but they do not love that belief. They know there is a God; but they greatly wish there were none... But the Christian never wishes any such a thing as that. The thought that there is a God is the sunshine of his existence." (Quoted by Dan DeHaan, The God You Can Know, Moody Press, Chicago, IL, 1982, p. 40. Original source, Charles H. Spurgeon in Elon Foster, Six Thousand Sermon Illustrations, Grand Rapids: Baker, 1972, p. 294)