god is love and love is real... but thats not all..

don't get me wrong, i love to think of my lord as a happy-go-lucky grandfather type who hands out candy and hugs and high fives and is just dandy and just waits to grant forgiveness; but the truth is, there is more to our lord than that. all the time we hear "god is love! he loves you, and is always there for you and will give you forgiveness!" while this is true, i think it leads many people to believe that they can sin and sin and sin again and then be forgiven through their nightly prayers. HOWEVER, there was a time when people were god-fearing, as well as god-loving. i feel as though that has been pushed to the wayside. there is a wrath of god, lest we forget, he HAS brought fire and brimstone, and so many people overlook that. i feel as though god's love has become a copout and a way for sinning to be okay.. i feel there needs to be a conscious effort not to sin not only to just model ourselves after god's love, but to respect our father and 'keep good in the hood,' so to speak.