Thoughts on Love and God

There's this one Noah and the Whale song that has really resonated with me lately. The lyrics go something like this:


Oh, there is no endless devotion,
That is free from the force of erosion.
Oh, and if you don't believe in God,
How can you believe in love?
When we're all just matter that will one day scatter,
When peaceful the world lays us down...

But, oh, we were blown out of the water.
Oh, and we walk on the feet we have grown.
And we were given a heart, of which love was a part.
Oh, and we cornered the thing from which all life will spring.
And it gave value to the world
that surrounds us.

Since hearing this song, the phrase "If you don't believe in God, how can you believe in love?" is constantly bouncing around in my mind. It's a true statement. Not to get all existential here, but seriously, if we're all only matter and there is nothing more to life, what's the point in living? What's the point in loving? Why do flowers smell pretty? Why are sunsets so lovely? It's all because God made it that way for us. Our Heavenly Father loves us. There is evidence of his work all around us. Everything we have, all that we have been blessed with, is because of love. Love is the center of all things.