Why do I think that God loves me?

"Jesus loves me, this I know.  For the Bible tells me so......".  My 20-month-old daughter knows these words.  They seems so easy to understand.......but are they?  Why do I think that God loves me?  It is so easy to think that He does when I look across the room at the wonderful man with whom I share my life.  I often praise Him in my heart when I watch my sweet little girl spinning around and singing.  I do not doubt that God has given me this blessing and many others.  But I have to wonder.......if I did not have all of these blessings, would I still believe that God loves me?  Would I still love Him? 

I John 4:10 says, "This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins".  This is how I know that God loves me.  Jesus sacrificed Himself and redeemed me when I was His enemy.  That alone is light years beyond what I deserve.  Even without the blessing of family, friends, good health, money (I could go on and on), He is good and utterly worthy of my love.  May He always have it.