Psalms 116:1

Psalms 116:1. I love the LORD,

Let us go as far as that if we can; let us each one say, "I love the Lord."

Psalms 116:1. Because -

There is a reason for this love. People say that love is blind, but love to God uses her eyes, and can justify herself: "I love the Lord, because" -

Psalms 116:1. He hath heard my voice and my supplications.

Can you go as far as that? Do you recollect answers to prayer, when you cried to God with your voice, or when your voice failed you, but supplication rose to God from your heart? Surely there is not a man, whose prayers have been answered, who does not love God. He must love the Lord when he recollects what poor prayers his were, what great blessings came in answer to them, and how speedily and how often God has heard his prayers, and granted his requests.