1. The Heart of Parents' Love

Those of you who have children would know. You want to feel happiness and gain fortune through the children you have raised with such sincerity. If there is a standard whereby they can rejoice and receive good fortune, you want to pass it on to them. So even fallen man has such hopes; they want their children to receive praise from many nations, for generations. Day and night they worry about and protect their children since they might hurt themselves. Even the heart of fallen parents are like that.

It is the heart of a mother feeding her baby that even when the child urinates, defecates and smells, the parents forget it all with love. Even the heart of a fallen parent is like that, so imagine how earnestly God wanted to love Adam and Eve with the original heart. Everyone here, please think about it.

Every parent has this kind of heart, as when you hold a baby in your arms and raise them, sing for them in their cot and wish every luck for them. If the child has a fault, the heart of the parent aches to the greatest degree. But if this is settled, joy accompanies you. Even a fallen parent's heart is like this; so how must the heart of God be? (20-209)

When a child commits a crime and goes to jail, the parents would not say, "Thank God he went there," but shed tears, forgive him and love him. That is the love of the parents. That is why parents' love is noble. Do you understand? If the son was given the death sentence and it was time for him to die, and if the mother knew all this, she would wail. If there was any way to save her son, she would try it; she would give up her life for him. Since they have this everlasting love, the love of parents is noble. Isn't there, in the hearts of parents, the heart to forgive the son who is going to be hanged? If that mother's love is true, do you think God's love would be no better than that, or better? We instantly admit that God's love is far better. That is why it is a natural conclusion that God's love surpasses parents' love. (91-148)

If any of you has lost a child, you don't need any explanation to understand how painful it is. Even the dull mind of fallen people is like this, so how painful it must have been for God, whose heart is pure and who is the original being for the substantial world. (127-35)

The heart of parents makes them beat and forget their own bodies, sacrifice themselves and even die for the sake of their children. (50-282)

Parents feel ashamed of themselves and resent themselves. They would say, "Forgive me for not being able to do much as a parent." (69-192)

When parents love their children, do they write down everything they bought for the children and say, "It cost this much?" When parents love children, they want to give them more than a prince or princess of the world has, and they are sorry that they cannot give enough. Parents are always thinking, "I want to give more and better things to my children." Do you understand? That is why we are fond of our parents' love. You must know this. Even when they have given, they still feel it was inadequate. Even after they have loved their children, they feel it is not enough and want to love more. Because of this, the nature of parents' love is everlasting love. Do you understand? That is the traditional motivation of the start of love. (60-84)