3 See what great love[a] the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children—and we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn’t know him. (1 John 3:1 CSB)

Sometimes it is easy to feel alone and unknown in this world. That feeling of not being understood or accepted can be pervasive in our lives and cause us to despair.

However, while we may feel unknown we are never unloved. We may have to accept that belief in God makes us enemies of the world and thus, in some cases, shunned. But we are eternally loved and accepted, know, by the father.

This is a great comfort.