For God so loved the world that He gave Jesus to die for you. John 3:16

   Thats big!  The Son of God died for me.  God in human form.  He's done all He could do to reach down to humanity and show His love for His created ones.  Dying a brutal death for rascals like us! That is love.  That is unconditional love.  I think its hard for us to grasp the  concept of unconditional love.  Love with no conditions.  No strings attached.  No sin too large to keep us from going through the Golden Gates.  Legalists beg to differ but who wants to listen to them anyway?  They are so trapped in the do's and do not's of life that they are miserable and make everyone in their paths miserable too! Paul states in 1 Corinthians 13 that love is the greatest! That is because GOD is the greatest and love is God and God is love! Love will last forever! Three things will last forever -faith, hope, and love - and the greatest of these is love.  Hey, God said it, not me.
  Lets ponder that this weekend.  Look at yourself in the mirror and repeat the phrase : " God loves you" over and over again. We really need to get it. I'm not sure most Christians truly believe that because Satan tries to steal that away from us. Remember, Satan wants to ruin your life as a believer OR if you are not a believer he wants you in Hell.  That simple.  And if you felt kinda weird in your gut when you read that just now, and you aren't a believer,  that is GOD.  He's such a gentleman.  He's not going to clobber you over the head to get you believe.  He's told you over and over how much he loves you, died for you, what more can He do but prompt you to look up.  Look up, confess that you are a sinner and need forgiveness of all that stuff.  That you are believing Him and His Word by the little bit of faith that you have at this moment.  Please don't believe the lie that you have to clean yourself up before you come to Jesus.  Get real!  You've tried that how many times before and here you sit! That's GOD that just prompted YOU.  He's the "cleaner-upper" , not you! 
  Now, after you've prayed,  go online or Christian bookstore or Walmart and purchase a Bible that you can understand.  New Living Translation is great but ask God to help direct you to just the right one.  Hey! Your first step of faith as a Christian! Open your new Bible everyday and read something.  A good place to start is in the New Testament , the book of John.  Proverbs and Psalms are wonderful too!
  Jeremiah 1:19 , For I am with you, and I will take care of you. I, the Lord have spoken!